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ON THE LINE OP THE 
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DESCRIPTION OP THE REGION TRAVERSED BY THE NEW JERSEY SOUTHERN 
RAILWAY, AND ITS BRANCHES, WITH A STATEMENT OP THE INDUCE- 
MENTS OFFERED BY THE RAILWAY COMPANY, CONJOINTLY WITH 
PROPERTY OWNERS, ALONG THE LINE, TO THOSE 
DESIROUS OP SECURING 

SUMMER RESIDENCES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 



" A voice is heard in the winds and waves 
In the sound of the ever rolling sea. 

Hear ye the voice 7 then come away, 

Far from the haunts of ruder men. 
Come where the leaves and fountains play — 

You may love and be happy then."— Percival. 



BY 



PUBLISHED FOR GRATUITOUS DISTRIBUTION 

BY THE 

NEW JERSEY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. 



New York : 
1873. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The growing demand among New Yorkers for Summer 
Residences on the adjacent coast of New Jersey, and the lack 
of general information relative to the numerous attractive 
resorts on the line of the New Jersey Southern Railway, as 
well as the extended facilities for reaching them during the 
summer season, have suggested the pubHcation, for gratuitous 
distribution by the Railway Company, of a work of this 
character, describing each point through which the road 
passes ; pointing out the attractions which they severally offer 
as places of residence ; narrating such historical or cotem- 
poraneous facts of interest as may be connected with each 
locality ; in short, giving the reader a complete, accurate and 
entertaining pen-picture of the entire region v/hich the road 
traverses. An active spirit of development and improvement 
has of late years taken hold of the southern counties of 
New Jersey. Long Branch is the acknowledged Brighton of 
America; Bridgeton, Vineland, Tom's River, Eatontown, 
and Bricksburg have assumed an increasing importance. 
Smaller villages have sprung up here and there on the line 
of the railroad, and on every side may be heard and seen 
signs of prosperity and progress. That this little work may 
aid in this great movement is the wish of its writer, 

G. L. C. 



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XT is a sultry summer afternoon ; all day long the sun 
has been pouring down his fiery beams on the housetops 
and streets of the great Metropolis ; the foliage hangs 
parched and seemingly lifeless, and the pavements reflect 
back a scorching heat ; people, sweltering in discomfort, go 
slowly and wearily about their business ; the omnibus horses 
loiter lazily along their accustomed Broadway, while Jehu, 
protected by an immense sun shade, sits half asleep on his 
box, little caring for passengers ; in the saloons, crowds of 
people are calling for iced juleps, and inquiring about the 
thermometer ; in the counting-rooms, old gentlemen in their 
shirt sleeves are sitting by the windows with their feet up, 
fanning themselves, and occasionally exclaiming, " well, bless 
me ; " in the school rooms, is heard the drowsy hum of the 
children's voices reciting their last lesson for the day; down 
among the slums the poor and the sick and the hungry vainly 
strive to catch a whiff of pure cool air, wandering in through 
the windows of their miserable abodes. Here is a crowd 
gathered ; a man has been sun-struck, and they are taking 
him away to the hospital. Whew, but it's hot ! 



4 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

Yes, indeed it is. The thermometer at the Herald corner 
says 97* in the shade, and oh ! how people have suffered in 
town to-day ! But come ! I can whisper to you of a place 
where, all day long, the cool soft ocean breeze has been blow- 
ing, and where, in blissful oblivion of the torrid miseries of 
the town, hundreds of people, men, women and children, 
have passed a day of pleasant recreation and comfort. For, 
know that within the last few years so greatly have the facil- 
ities for communication between New York and the Southern 
Coast of New Jersey been increased, and so desirable has 
that section of the State been found for cottage residence or 
hotel Hfe, that there are now hundreds of New Yorkers who 
either buy ground and put up a pretty cottage, or go to one 
of the hotels, and keep their famiHes down there throughout 
the entire summe|i They can, if they desire, reach their 
business in good season in the morning, and return to the sea- 
shore in the evening. There are frequent trains, good cars, 
a splendid sail, and a convenient landing place in New York, 
and, what is better than all, the glorious cool and soul-in- 
spiring view of the Atlantic, banishing remembrance of the 
miseries that follow in parching summer's train. 

So, take your valise and duster, and let us together, set out 
and experience the delights of a trip over the New Jersey 
Southern route. You cannot more pleasantly, or perhaps 
more profitably, pass a few of these long summer days, when 
business is dull, and everybody disposed to take a vacation 
and run out of town. We turn down Murray Street from 
Broadway, and in a few moments are at Pier 28, our starting 
point. Here lies our boat, the staunch and beautiful Ply- 
mouth Rock, moored to the wharf, with steam up, colors flying 
and music playing on her after deck. On all sides are visible 
the hurry and bustle of approaching departure; at the gang. 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 5 

plank stands the Commander, calmly surveying the steady 
stream of passengers going on board, about to entrust 
themselves to his care ; a continuous line of carriages passes 
in and out upon the pier, each, in turn, depositing at the 
gangway its precious burden of beauty, baggage and band- 
boxes. A score of sleek porters dart here and there and 
everywhere, getting checks for trunks, carrying aboard bundles 
and packages, and showing all tliose little attentions which 
merit a substantial acknowledgment. Still the throng of 
■people keep coming ; the upper decks are already well filled, 
and yet there seems plenty of room for more. Now the bell 
rings — let us step on board — there ! the whistle blows, the 
lines are cast off, and in another moment the gong has 
sounded, and our spacious boat, amid waving of handker- 
chiefs, music and loud spoken "good byes," is moving off 
into the stream. 

Now let us go up on the forward deck and see the harbor. 
What spacious saloons these are, and how elaborately up- 
holstered and furnished. What comfortable easy chairs, and 
sofas and tete-a-tetes ; whas cosy little state-rooms where 
tables and chairs and polite waiters are to be seen, suggestive 
of first-class dinners for the hungry traveler ; what carpets, 
and bronzes and stained glass ; in fine, what a strangely 
beautiful coup d'ceil does this grand saloon present, and 
especially when full of happy, Hvely people. Well, here are 
two chairs on the forward deck, so light your segar, reader, 
and let us %dew, en passant^ the many beautiful sights which 
make New York Bay the handsomest harbor in the world, 
after the Bosphorus. Here now, you see, we are already 
abreast of Governor's Island. Here on the right are Bedloes 
and Gibbet Islands, both fortified to the water's edge. Be- 
yond them stretches away the Jersey shore, fined with villages 



6 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

and whitened with the occasional puff of a locomotive. Over 
our left bow, you see the Long Island shore, the densely 
wooded heights of Bay Ridge, studded with villas. Right 
ahead are the stately hills of Staten Island, bathed in the 
blue haze of the afternoon sunlight. Here we pass a Russian 
corvette at anchor; now a Cunarder, only eight days from 
Liverpool, passes us ; a little further on, a yacht-load of jolly 
fellows give us three cheers, and hold up a champagne bottle 
as we pass. Now, we begin to get the genuine salt breeze. 
Fasten on your hat well. There is Robbins Reef Light on 
the right ; now we are opposite Staten Island, and presently, 
from its precipitous bluff, the guns of Fort Tompkins frown 
sullenly down upon us. Now we are in the Narrows. Upon 
our right are the granite walls of Fort Richmond and its out- 
lying batteries ; upon our left, Fort Lafayette, standing 
grim, silent and isolated ; and behind it, on the shore. Fort 
Hamilton, with the Stars and Stripes floating above it. Be- 
yond these, to the south-east, is Coney Island, (you've been 
there, of course), and if you look closely you may perhaps 
make out the distant hotels at Rockaway Beach. Now we 
are in the Lower Bay, a sort of miniature ocean — the Long 
Island shore ends — the Staten Island shore recedes rapidly 
to the south-west, while we plough on straight to the distant 
speck of blue hills, visible directly ahead. Now we pass the 
Quarantine Grounds, where many ships are anchored— now 
we gain a full view of the ocean — now we sight the light- 
houses at Neversink, and come momentarily nearer — now 
we feel the ocean swell rolling majestically in from the At- 
lantic. Look directly east, and you may find an interest in 
reflecting that if you traveled straight ahead in that direction 
the first solid land you would meet would , be the coast of 
Spain. Now that low sandy spit on our port bow, corn- 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE, 7 

mences to be distinctly visible — yes, and there is a wharf 
there — yes, and a train of cars — and while we are looking 
and admiring and wondering, our boat has rounded to, and 
we are at the wharf at 

SANDY HOOK, OR THE "HORSE SHOE," 

Where, upon a long and substantial pier, we find the train in 
waiting. Only a few moments are required for the transfer 
of passengers and baggage, and then we are off over the 
sands, here plentifully covered with luxuriant cedars. But 
ere we leave the Hook behind, it may be well to know that, 
barren and uninviting as it is, it has a history of its own. 
Owing to the alternate opening and closing of Shrewsbury 
Inlet, it has been successively an island and a peninsular at 
different intervals, while its length is constantly increasing 
by the accumulation of sand at its northern end. Its breadth 
varies from a quarter of a mile to one mile. It was pur- 
chased from the Indians in the 17th century by Richard 
Hartshorne, whose descendants in 1816 sold it to the United 
States. The first Hghthouse, erected in 1762, was during the 
revolution the scene of an engagement between some militia, 
armed with two howitzers, and a party of British and refugees, 
the latter having entrenched themselves within. A British 
armed vessel compelled the assailants' withdrawal. 

Many vessels have been wrecked on Sandy Hook, and 
among the scattered monuments and stones marking the 
graves of the victims, are some bearing most interesting in- 
scriptions. Tradition affirms, too, that here Capt. Kid fre- 
quently resorted to bury his treasures. 

A ride of four miles along the beach, affording at one 
moment on the left a charming view of the Atlantic, and at 



8 SfOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

another the placid bay, stretching away to the Navesink Hills 
on the right, brings us to the 

HIGHLANDS, 

1(24 miles ; i hour, 20 min. 6 trains each way daily.) 

the first point available for a home on the Sea Shore. Here 
on our right the Shrewsbury river separates the beach by only 
a quarter of a mile from the mainland, and directly opposite 
looms up grandly Beacon Hill, about 300 feet high, sur- 
mounted by its twin lighthouses, which, by the way, were first 
erected here during John Quincy Adams' administration. A 
new bridge affords us communication with the other side 01 
the river, where, under the shadow of the hill, we shall find 
several hotels, a store and post office, and some few building 
sites, where a glorious view may be obtained,* and where 
boating and bathing facilities are within easy distance. 

About a mile north is Gravelly Point, where the British 
army so hurriedly embarked after the battle of Monmouth ; 
and a mile further still, Greenland bank, where in 1782 a 
land slide of forty acres happened, with a noise which was 
heard for several miles away. 

Beyond Highlands, as we resume our journey, we see on 
the right the mouth of the Navesink River, 'its northern bank, 
a densely wooded one, rising boldly from the water, and 
adorned here and there by attractive villas,! while on the 
lowlands on the south bank, stands the village of Port Wash- 
ington. Still further on we pass Black Point, and just where 
the Shrewsbury River, widening, trends away to the south 
west, reach the station at 



* On a fair day an hundred sail can frequently be seen at one time from this 
point. 
t The Neptune Yacht Club has its club house here. 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 9 

SEABRIGHT, 

(26 miles ; i hour, 25 min. 6 irains daily.) 

which, though only established two years ago, already boasts 
a hotel, a store, (see advertisement of Robert Emery), and 
quite a number of handsome private dwellings. At this 
point also a bridge crosses the Shrewsbury River, affording 
residents the advantage of the beautiful inland drives in 
which the adjacent country abounds. 

There are few more healthy and attractive regions within 
thirty miles of New York than the old settlement of Rumsom 
Neck in the Township of Shrewsbury, County of Monmouth, 
bounded as it is by the Navesink or North Shrewsbury River 
on one hand, and by the South Shrewsbury and Pleasure Bay 
on the other, with the sea in full view from the slopes of its 
numerous rising-grounds, as you look to the east and south, 
and the deep green heights of the Highlands of Navesink as 
you cast your eyes toward the west and north. All this 
country is noted for the peculiarly balmy quality of its air. 

As long ago as 17 12, "Thomas Bordin" purchased a tract 
of one hundred acres "begining at Shrewsbury River, running 
"north north west to Navesink river, from thens easterly 
" five and twenty rods in bredth ; from thens south south east 
" to Shrewsbury river ; from thens to ye place where it first 
" began, bounded south and north by said rivers, and west 
" by thomas hoess," — and this description, with due varia- 
tions of breadth, and of names of adjoining owners, would 
answer for a dozen of the old farms, some of them still 
owned by descendants of " Thomas Bordin." The previous 
owner, one " hugh jackson," speaks of his farm in his deed 
as " a peis of tract of land which fell to me by heirship from 
" my loving father, deseased — ^^vhich was convaied to him 
"by ye proprietors of the provins, in ye sixth year of ye 



lO HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

" raign of our sovering Lord and Lady, william and mary, 
^' annoq domini 1694." 

William Bingham, merchant, of Philadelphia, owned, about 
the beginning of this century, a large plantation, still called 
Bingham Place, and owned for the last forty years by Dr. 
Eleazar Parmly of New York. The view from the old manor 
house is surpassingly beautiful. It may be interesting to 
read that Miss Bingham was married to Mr. Baring, after- 
wards Lord Ashburton, at her father's residence. 

Until within the last five years this beautiful region was 
comparatively inaccessible, the only approach, save by the 
tide boat at Port Washington, or Fairhaven, being from Red 
Bank, a drive of from three to five miles. It was, in fact, 
like a cul de sac in shape. But all this has been changed by 
the recent erection of a draw bridge at the new station. Sea- 
Bright, and by the liberality of the property- owners in laying 
out spacious and attractive roads, covered with the firm red 
clay of the neighborhood, so that the New Jersey Southern 
Rail Road is now of easy access, and one has not to drive 
further for a sea bath than the average residents of Newport. 

The property of Mr. Ward, of which we give a diagram, is 
most eligibly situated for villa sites, adjoining, as it does, the 
pretty villas of H. M. Alexander, Samuel Borrowe, and E. 
Boudinot Colt, and commanding lovely views of both rivers, 
of the Highlands of Navesink and the Ocean. Among the 
parties who have purchased lots of Mr. Ward, and erected 
beautiful residences, may be mentioned James M. Alexander^ 
Esq., and J. Lloyd Abbot, Esq., whose villas may be seen 
from the railroad as we approach Sea Bright. By a wise 
precaution Mr. Ward has secured a suitable strip of the 
sandy beach, opposite his property, for bathing purposes ; 
while to those who are fond of still water bathing, the South 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 



II 




^3f-TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. 



12 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

Shrewsbury River, which flows between Sea Bright and the 
property in question, offers every attraction. It may be 
mentioned that the crabbing in this river is unsurpassed. 

Another piece of property owned by Messrs. Strong and 
Ward, and stretching from river to river, about half a mile to 
a mile from the draw bridge, offers many attractions to those 
in search of healthful sites for homes. It is bordered by a 
new road, across the neck, and suitably called the " Avenue 
of the Two Rivers." A beautiful rising ground of about 
thirty acres on the South Shrewsbury, and directly opposite 
Monmouth Beach offers many fine sites, while the views on 
the Navesink River (where there are some fifty acres of choice 
woodland), are unusually beautiful. These gentlemen, with 
great enterprise, have opened a navigable channel thirty feet 
wide, fifteen hundred feet long, and four feet deep at low 
water, along the entire northern line of their property. The 
bank above, studded with fine old trees, is about twenty feet 
above average tidemark. 

The new railroad from Sea Bright to Red Bank will cross 
this property, and a depot to be erected will give every 
facility of access. This railroad connects at Red Bank with 
the new " all-rail " line to Jersey City. It is a charming drive 
from Long Branch, north along the sea shore, past Mon- 
mouth Beach to Sea Bright, and thence westerly along the 
Navesink River to Red Bank, and south easterly back to 
Long Branch, through Shrewsbury and Eatontown, 

The advertisement of Mr. W. L. Tyson, following, calls the 
readers attention to a valuable tract of about seventy acres 
of eligible building sites which he offers. This property is 
all improved, is conveniently located, and possesses attrac- 
tions well worthy of the consideration of the intending pur- 
chaser of a " HOME ON THE SEA-SHORE." 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 1 3 

Suitable for Summer Residences on the Sea-Shore at 

Within three-quarters of a mile from Seabright Station, at the junction of the 
Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers, and opposite the Highlands. 
t^^ This property is beautiful, and accessible by good roads which have been 
opened t irough it, and commands 

Fine Views of the Rivers and Ocean ! 

Apply to W. K TYSON, on the premises, or 

FRANK S. WINCHESTER, 20 Nassan St., New York. 

Our next stopping place is 

MONMOUTH BEACH, 

(28 miles ; 1 hour, 48 min. 6 trains each way daily.) 

where a sea-side city of charming villas and cottages has, 
within the past year or two, reared itself as if by magic upon 
the sands. And at a glance the intelligent traveler will per- 
ceive that these attractive dwellings, facing, in one direction, 
the billowy Atlantic, and in the other, the beautiful landscape 
stretching away inland, are the homes, not of those who 
come and go with the ostentatious show and vulgar extrava- 
gance of the noiiveaux riches^ but of the better class of society 
who, while avaiHng themselves of the unequaled attractions 
of the New Jersey Sea Shore, yet maintain here that exclu- 
siveness to which a high social position entitles them. Here 
are pointed out the summer dwellings of many distinguished 
statesmen, scholars and business men^ who find in this 
delightful spot a brief respite during the summer months from 
their arduous routine of duties. Among these may be men- 
tioned those of Senators Cattell and Torrey, Secretary Robe- 
son, Chancellor Dodd, Messrs. David Hoadley, J. Wyman 
Jones, J. Q. Keasby, Courtland Parker, and many other well 
known citizens. 



14 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

While the development of this property, comprising a tract 
of four hundred acres, has been rapid, the intention of its 
owners has been and is to render the locality an exceedingly 
select o?ie, and, with this object in view, they will sell to none 
but purchasers of unquestionable respectability. It is also 
specially pro\'ided that no nuisances of the character of liquor 
shops or public houses shall be erected upon any of the pro- 
perty, thus ensuring purchasers immunity from some of the 
greatest annoyances incident to many sea side resorts. In 
point of convenience too, Monmouth Beach presents especial 
claims. There are frequent communications with New 
York, the two bridges over the Shrewsbury river afford easy 
access to the delightful drives beyond, the churches, stores. 
and markets of Long Branch are within easy distance, and it 
is proposed during the coming season to extend the gas 
mains from that point to the residences at Monmouth Beach. 
In short, one fortunate enough to secure here a Home on 
the Sea Shore, cannot but find it a profitable and satisfactor}^ 
investment. Land is sold in quantities varying from lots of 
75x150 feet to two or three acres, and a total outlay of from 
$2,500 to $7,500 will secure a cosy and comfortable home 
in which the summer may be passed coolly, healthfully and 
amid the most recherche surroundings. 

And now there is a great stir \-isible among our fellow 
passengers ; people seize their valises and look toward the 
door ; fathers take the baby in their arms and get ready for 
a start ; the old gentleman over there wakes up from his 
Eve?ung Post and buttons up his duster ; something is e'vi" 
dently about to happen. Ah yes, sure enough, we are just 
shooting past the depot at the Httle suburb of Atlantic\aUe, 
the upper end of the great city we are approaching. Each 
moment buildings become more frequent. We see great 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 1 5 

piles of wooden houses painfully white and neat in exterior. 
Away in the breezy, hazy distance, successive flags mark the 
different hotels, swarming wdth their thousands of idlers. In 
another direction are brick rows and church spires, and all that 
tell of business more substantial, less ephemeral. And there 
is the surf; you see it, you hear it, rolling in with a roar. 
Imagine how it must have roared on some of those terrible 
nights last winter. The thought is enough to make one cool 
even in July. And then, the depot, the labyrinth of vehicles, 
coupes, barouches, dog carts and all, in every variety and 
style ; oh ! what a picture that scene would make ; for every 
one who has been to this summer Sea Shore Metropolis, will 
remember the life and animation which surround the depot 
on the train's arrival at 

LONG BRANCH. 

(31 miles ; I h. 30 min. by Exp. train, or i h. 45 min. by Accom. 6 trains daily.) 

Just a half a mile or so down the beach is a spot where 
nearly an hundred and fifty years ago a party of Indians came 
(not to dance the German, and enjoy the surf), but to estab- 
lish a fishery. They were the first settlers, and the spot was 
then called Lane's End. The Indians did not enjoy undis- 
turbed possession long. A party of whites from Rhode Island 
came to purchase, but found the Indians, unlike the inhabi- 
tants of to-day, unwilling to sell. The former, however, suc- 
ceeded by the test of a wrestling match between one of their 
number, John Slocum, and one of the Indians, in wanning the 
right to as much land as one man could walk around* in a 
day. The land thus acquired included all of this immediate 



* No modern dancing at Long Branch has ever proved talf as profi'.able'as 
did this old fashioned '' walk around." 



1 6 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

vidnity, and continued in the Slocum family until a few years 
ago. 

A few years later, crown settlers bought lands here at 
twenty shillings per acre, and followed the pursuits of farmers 
and fishermen. Next a road was opened to the Court House 
at Monmouth, (or Freehold) ; thence communication was 
opened to Philadelphia, the people of which city soon 
availed themselves of the opportunity to reach the surf by a 
drive of sixty-five miles ; then boarding houses, and, finally, 
hotels were opened ; communication with New York by steam- 
boat was established, and year by year the number of visitors 
increased, until they annually number more than one hun- 
dred thousand people, with a permanent population of 
about 5,000. 

The name Long Branch is derived from a brook, a branch 
of the Shrewsbury, running parallel with the coast, and ap- 
pHes strictly to the original village, situated about a mile and 
a half from the ocean, and where in 181 2 was erected a 
Liberty Pole which is still standing, and about which has 
grown up a lively, active, enterprising community, boasting a 
good local government, a Board of Trade, an excellent n^s- 
paper, the Long Branch News, published by Jacob Stults, 
Esq., (see advertisement) stores representing all branches of 

LONG BRANCH NETTS. 

"Weekly, per year, $1,50. Daily. July and August, $2.00, 

Large Circulation in Monmouth County. 
IS SOLD ON THE BOATS AND CARS OF THE N- J. SOUTHERN R. R. CO. 

dvertising Rates furnished on application to 

J. STULTS, Proprietor. 

p. O. ADDRESS, EAST LONG BRANCH, N. J. 



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1 8 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

trade and industry,* and many elegant and substantial 
edifices, both public and private, which would be an orna- 
ment to even a metropoHtan city. There are here good 
schools, and churches of the various prominent denomina- 
tions, and the summer visitor will be dehghted to find in the 
village all the desirable surroundings and conveniences of 
city life. But with the early history of this locality, however 
interesting, we who are seeking '' Homes on the Sea Shore" 
have Httle to do. To see it as it is to-day is more to our 
purpose. So let us stroll about a while, first visiting the 
beach, where five miles of continuous bluff, in some places 
twenty feet high, forms a sea wall against which the surf 
throws itself. This bluff is washing away at. the rate of a 
foot or two every year ; nearly a quarter of a mile has dis- 
appeared since the time of the wrestHng match above 
spoken of. 

Along the bluff stretches a magnificent drive, which on 
summer afternoons presents as gay a spectacle as did ever 
the Bois de Boulogne ; facing this avenue are the principal 
hotels, great wooden palaces covering an acre or more, sur- 
rounded by broad shaded verandahs, and each in itself a 
Uttle community. Upon the beach, under the bluff, are the 
bath houses, and here too, you, reader, will stop for a few 
minutes and enjoy the pleasure of a plunge in the surf. Here 
are a few sensible hints which you will do well to observe, 
however, before going in : 

Though standing just before the sea, and receiving the pulsations of 
the deepest ocean, there is more than ordinary safety to bathers at Long 
Branch. No fear is ever entertained here of the monsters of the deep, 



* See advertisements of B. Morris, W. H. Morris & Son, A. M. Dilentash & Co. 
Morfoi-d & Vanderveer, M. Wooley, R. L. White, and Samuel S. Osborn, pub- 
lished elsewhere. 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 1 9 

and, when bathing rules are observed, no danger is ever experienced 
from the underio-dj. This latter is, after all, only fotind during the 
rapid ebbing and flowLag of the tides, and never at lov^ tide — the only 
proper time for bathing — ^nor at the fiood. 

The season for bathing along the coast of our middle States cannot 
be said properly to begia before the middle of June, and terminates by 
the middle of September. The benefit from bathing would be not a 
little increased by the accessories of active exercise and sports. The 
time of stay at the sea- shore is generally too short Under three weeks 
one cannot look for a decided and permanent relief from old diseases by 
sea-bathing. The bath should be taken before a meal, and never on a 
full stomach or during the first stage of digestion. By general consent, 
a morning hour is preferred for sea-bathing. Comparatively few, how- 
ever, choose the time before breakfast for the purpose. Invahds with a 
cold skin and languid circulation wiU require a slight refireshment — ^a cup 
of good chocolate, a plate of plaia soup, or a soft boiled egg, with a roll, 
before bathing. If an early or noonday dinner be taken, an evening 
bath may be used with advantage, and in some cases it is found to agree 
better with iavalids than in the morning. Invalids shoiild bathe before 
breakfast, if they rise with a warm, and even hot skin, and reach the 
water before they can be said to have lost the warmth of the bed, or 
after they have been put in a glow by exercise. In a few words, the 
rule is to bathe when the sldn is warm, or hot and dry, and not when it 
is chilled or perspiring. Reaction and glow wiU follow in the first case ; 
chilliness, and headache, and pains ia the Umbs, vsdU be no imcommon 
tax in the last Great exhaustion after fatiguing exercise forbids the use 
of the sea, as it would that of the firesh water bath ; and hence there is 
danger of rushing immediately into the sea after a long and fatiguing 
journey. — Morris' Guide to Long Branch. 

Well, now if your bath is over, we'll go over to the hotel,* 
take a bite, and then go out for a ride. There are a score of 
delightful drives. We can go to Pleasure Bay where there 
are plenty of yachts and small boats, and a good fish dinner ; 
or out on the Eatontown pike to Shrewsbur}^, Red Bank, 

* See advertisements of Emmons' New York Hotel and tlie LongBrancli 
Hotel. 



20 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

Middletown and Colts Neck; or we can go to Deal, four 
miles along the coast, or, if you would go a little further, we 
can reach Freehold, seventeen miles off, and see the old 
battle ground of Monmouth, and the Tennant church, erected 
in 1752, and surrounded by stirring historical recollections. 
In short, whichever way our horses heads be turned, we are 
sure of a charming variety, and of arriving home at twilight 
with a good keen appetite for supper. 

Long Branch abounds in hotels, and good ones, most of 
them kept by the prominent hotel proprietors of the Metrop- 
olis ; but, of late years, cottages have become popular, and 
hundreds of New Yorkers now have here residences of their 
own, cottages or villa residences provided with all the con- 
veniences of city life. To such a Home on the Sea Shore, 
one escapes eagerly from the heat and dust of the city ; how 
popular and convenient they are, is evident from the annual 
increase in their number. 

So then, reader, if you would choose such a home, do not 
choose until you have visited great, active, fascinating Long 
Branch. You can purchase land even now at reasonable 
prices ; and in this connection the reader's favorable attention 
is directed to the card of Messrs. Frank G. & Davison 
Brown, who during the past few years have effected extensive 

Real Estate Agents 

FOR 



FRANK G. & DAVISON BROWN, 
dO Broadway, New York, 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 



SEAGIRT 



is situated on the upper New Jersey coast, in Monmouth County, about 
ten miles south of Long Branch, It contains eight hundred acres, with 
a front on the Atlantic of over two miles. On its southern boundary 
are the Manasquan River and the little village of Squan ; on the north 
side is Wreck Pond inlet, one of the most beautiful of the numerous 
estuaries which indent this part of the coast. 

Seagirt can be reached from New York and Philadelphia by the lines 
of the N. J. Southern R. R. The time from New York by the coast 
extension of the N. J. Southern R. R. , now being built, will be less 
than two hours, and by express trains from Philadelphia it is less than 
three. The place is already connected by rail with the N. J. Southern 
R. R. at Farmingdale, as well as with the N. J. Division of the Penn- 
sylvania R. R., striking their main line at Monmouth Junction, which is 
about equi-distant between the two cities. 

The Atlantic seaboard throughout nearly its whole extent, forms what 
might be termed a double coast, having an outer line of sand bars and 
sandy islands, with bays and water courses between them and the main 
land ; a peculiar value therefore attaches to this upper Jersey coast, where 
the main land, as it were, comes down to the sea. 

The land at Seagirt is, and has been for many years, under high culti- 
vation, yielding large crops. The entire front is timbered with a heavy 
growth of Oak, Pine, Cedar, &c. Gravel, in great abundance, is found 
on the property and in the immediate vicinity, with which perfect roads 
can be made at small expense. 

A portion of the Seagirt estate was for many years the favorite summer 
residence of the late Commodore Robert F. Stockton, who selected this 
spot by reason of its rare advantages, more than twenty years ago. 

It is believed that for a sea-side resort it is not excelled, if equalled, 
by any point from Sandy Hook to Cape May. 

Surveys are being made and the property is to be laid out as indicated 
by the accompanying map. A large proportion of the grounds will be re- 
served in perpetuity for parks, thereby adding to the value of every lot. 
The radial plan adopted in laying out the avenues, will it is thought add 
much to the convenience, as well as to the natural attractions, of the place. 



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HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 



Containing Eight Hundred Acres, with an Ocean Frontage of Two 
and a quarter Miles 

Only One Hour and Three-Quarters from New York I 

VIA LONQ BRANCH) 

(By the proposed Extension of the New Jersey Southern R. R.) 

Only Two Hours and Forty IVIinutes from Philadelphia f 

(Via Farmingdale, see page 27.) 



LOTS & VILLA SITES! 



—SUITABLE FOR— 



"HtlMES ON THE SEA-SHORE," 

Are now being prepared for the market, which will afford unsurpassed 
facilities for 

BATHING, 

BOATING, 

FISHING, and 

DRIVING. 

For further particulars apply to 

HOMER MORGAN, 

No. 2 Pine Street, N. Y. 
ROWLAND R. HAZARD, Jr. 

110 Broadway, cor. Pine St., N. Y. 

J. E. MONTGOMERY, 

JNo. 202 Broadway, N. Y. 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 21 

sales of property at the Branch, and who have, in fact, made 
real estate in this locality an especial feature of their business. 

BRANCHPORT, 

(32 miles ; i hour, 50 min. 6 trains daily.) 

our next station, is about three quarters of a mile further on, 
and, itself a suburb of Long Branch, is the nearest landing 
place on the South Shrewsbury River for schooners, or other 
light draught vessels. Directly opposite is Port-au-peck, an 
old Indian camping ground, and a pleasant resort for visitors. 
We command from this vicinity, a charming prospect, 
looking northward over a large expanse of landscape to the 
Highland range looming up grandly in the distance, and ter- 
minating abruptly at both extremities. And now we cross 
the southerly arm of Pleasure Bay, and pass over a roadway 
lined with hedges of evergreen, with here and there a luxuri- 
ant grove of cedars beyond. The country now assumes an 
air of agricultural wealth and prosperity. We see many choice 
pasture grounds and an occasional farm house dotting the 
green, and before we know it we are at a place which, once 
upon a time was unhappy in the appellation of " Peggy's 
Point," (derived from one Peggy Edwards, whose husband 
was hung as a tory), but upon which modern progress has 
bestowed the more euphonious title of 

OCEANPORT. 

(34 miles ; i hour, 55 min. 6 trains daily.) 

Hither, before the days of the railroad, ran passenger 
steamboats from New York, and Oceanport was a 
prominent shipping point for a considerable district of 
country. For some years it was known as Eatontown Dock. 
But it was the opening of the Monmouth Park Race Course 



22 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

ajew years ago that gave the great impetus to travel hither 
and brought a thousand summer visitors where previously- 
had been one. 

Indeed one of the most attractive features of Long Branch 
and its vicinity during the month of July are the races, under 
the direction of the Monmouth Park Association, on their track. 
It is by far the best in America, being a full mile, with wide 
sweeping turns, so that there is no possibility of an accident 
to any of the starters, while the homestretch, with its wide 
and straight dash of a quarter mile, cannot be equaled, 
and affords plenty of room for the large fields of horses for 
which Long Branch meetings are famous. The Grand Stand, 
located immediately in front of the judges stand, is in itself 
one of the handsomest structures this side of the Atlantic. 

The racing this year will begin on the 4th of July with a 
grand steeple chase of about three miles, over one of the best 
courses known, it being only excelled probably by the Grand 
National Course at Liverpool, Eng. All the jumps can be 
seen from the stand — the water jump being directly in front 
of it. There is always a large attendance on jumping days. 
On the same day there will also be three other races, the last 
of which is the famed Jersey Derby, a dash of a mile and a 
half, when some twelve or fourteen of the best horses ever 
raised, including several imported (English) horses, will start, 
and the wir^ner of which will increase his owners bank ac- 
count some $4000. On page 23 will be found a full pro- 
gramme of the two meetings, which extend from July 4th to 
19th, inclusive^ and during which thirty-one events will be run 
at all distances, including a great race of four mile heats on 
the loth of July, when eight or ten of the best long distance 
horses in the country will come together, and which will no 
doubt produce three if not four heats before it is decided. 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE, 23 

MONMOUTH PARK 

LO^G BRANCH, 
TVS^O MEETINGS! 

jF'ix-st M:eetiiior; 

BEGINNING 

Frulqy July 4th, continuing on tlie 8tli, 9tli, lOtli 
^ ^ ' and 12t]i-rive Pays. 

FIPST DAY.— Four events, including the Jersey Derby and 

* Grand National Steeple Chase. 
SECOf^D DAY.— Thi'ee events, including Hopeful Stakes and 

Monmouth Cup. 
THIRD DAY.— Four events, including Monmouth Oaks' and 

Mansion House Stakes. 
FOURTH DAY. —Three events, including July Stakes and Grand 

Sweepstakes of" Four Mile Heats. 
F 8 FT H DAY .—Three events, including a Steeple Chase handicap 

and Monmouth Sequel Stakes. 

Hecoiiicl IVteeting- s 

BEGINNING 

Tuesday, July 15tli, continuing on tlie l(>tli, 17tli 
and 19tli— Four Bays. 

FIRST DAY.— Four events, including a Hurdle Race and Ocean 

Hotel Stakes. 
SECOND DAY.— Three events, including the Thespian and 

Long Branch Stakes. 
TH 8 R D DAY.— Three events, inclnding West End Hotel Stakes. 
FOURTH DAY. —Four events, viz : Steeple Chase _ Handicap, 

August Stakes, Robins' Stakes and Consolation Handicap. 

W. E. RAYNOR, Secretary, 

N. B.— Pools wiU be sold at No. 1146 Broadway on the eyeniiig 
preyious to each race, and on the track on the day of the race. 



24 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

The arrangements for getting to and from the track cannot 
be excelled. Three boats run from New York to Sandy- 
Hook, whence the New Jersey Southern Railroad takes the 
passengers direct to the entrance of the track. Here a plat- 
form and sidings have been built for the accommodation of 
visitors. The return to the city is fully as prompt, so that 
frequently during the meetings of 1872, New York visitors 
were home before 6 P. M. For the accommodation of visit- 
ors from the numerous hotels and residences on the line of 
the railroad, an extra accommodation train is run both ways, 
stopping at all stations, and reaching the track just before the 
hour fixed for the racing to begin ; returning immediately- 
after the departure of the New York special. The carriage 
drives from the Branch to the track cannot be excelled even 
by the famous Central Avenue drive to Jerome Park, and it 
is consequently much patronized on race days by visitors 
staying at the Branch. 

And now we are away again, catch a glimpse of an an- 
cestral Jersey farm-house, with its rows of withered poplars 
before it, and next come to a period at 

EATONTOWN, 

(36 miles ; 2 hours, 5 min. 6 trains daily,) 

a village of both age and respectability. Here, in 1730, one 
Thomas Eaton reared his dwelling, and thus gave a name to 
the place which succeeding generations have built up around 
it. The dwelling is still standing, on the north side of Mill 
Brook, and the box trees which adorn the grounds about it 
are considered among the finest specimens in the country. 

Eatontown has many interesting historic reminiscences. 
There was a sharp skirmish here between the Whigs and 
Tories in 1780, while, over a century earlier still, one "Indian 



HOMES OK THE SEA-SHORZ. 2$ 

Will " is said by tradition to^ have, in consideration of tiie 
bestowal of a red coat and cocked hat, pointed out to a 'Mi. 
Eaton the whereabouts of Capt. Kid's treasures. 

The Eatontown of to-daj is a quiet pretty village, vnm 
shaded streets, and an easy going well-to-do population. One 
may find here a secluded and tranquil home, and yet enjoy 
the facilities and conveniences afforded by EpiscopaHan, 
Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, a public and 
pri\-ate school and any number of stores. There are here, 
too, 2!kIasonic, Odd Fellow, and Good Templars Lodges, a 
Royal Arch Chapter, Daughters of Rebecca. Odd Fellow's 
Benevolent Association, a Literary Society and a &ee Read- 
ing Room, The purchaser of a " Home on the Sea Shore,'' 
at this point, will fmd that he can secure good land at $200 
per acre, or, if in the collage, at from $300 to $600 for lots 
measuring 50 x 150 feet. 

From Eatontown Junction, a half a mile from the tillage, 
diverges our branch road northward to Red Bani: and Port 
Monmouth. This, priof to the construction of the Sea Shore 
Railroad &om Long Branch to Sandy Hook, was the main 
line of the Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad, Port Mon- 
mouth bemg its terminus. Now, however, though traversing 
a lovely region, and passing through some old and important 
towns, it is operated altogether as a branch road, and we 
shall therefore defer our j oiimey over it until some other 
day. For the present, let us pass on over the main line. 
We are now running about southwest, and presentiy enter 
a heavy growth of brush, from which we enerre again to see, 
for the first time on our route, a succession of sand hiTls on 
either side, one of them on the right rejoidng in the name of 
** Huckleberry HHI" Then we enter a cutting, and at its 
ufrther end find ourselves at the station of 



26 HOMES ON THE SEA- SHORE. 

SHARK RIVER, 

(42 miles ; 2 hours, 20 mia. 6 trains daily.) 

the connecting point for the village of that name, situated 
about two miles to the eastward. The Shark River itself 
rises a mile or so north of our depot, somewhere near the 
Heights of Huckleberry aforementioned, and crossing the 
the track, while yet a mere brook, becomes at its mouth a 
broad stream, upon the shores of which lovers of fish and 
oysters are wont to assemble. In 1778 a party of British 
landed there and burned two salt* works. Shark River Vil- 
lage boasts a Methodist church, a school and a post-office. 
About the depot an extensive brick yard is the only promi- 
nent feature. 

Three miles further on we come suddenly in view of a 
marl pit in full operation, and the spectacle to a stranger is 
one of novel interest. The pit covers acres of ground, and 
is intersected by railroad tracks, upon which are trains wait- 
ing to be laden with the precious soil. Gangs of men may 
be seen at intervals vigorously plying the pick, or the shovel, 
while here and there dredging machines are working away 
with all the energy and power that steam can impart, loading 
up the cars at the rate of a ton a minute. The annual ex- 
portation of this wonderful fertilizer from this and neighbor- 
ing pits amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars in 
value, and furnishes employment to hundreds of men. 

The quaint village of 

FARMINGDALE, 

(45 miles ; 2 hours, 30 min. 6 trains daily.) 

just beyond, is where we next stop, and quite a place it is, 
too, with a population of six hundred, two churches, a school 
accommodating five hundred, stores, hotels, and a public hall 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 27 

ill which assemble Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and 
Good Templar organizations. And Farmingdale acquires 
an additional importance as the intersecting point of our 
line with the Freehold & Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad, 
extending eastward nine miles to the sea side villages of 
Squan and Sea Girt, and westward to Monmouth Junction. 
Here, too, will come in, a direct line from Long Branch, pass- 
ing through Oceanville, Deal and Shark River, and destined 
to shorten the distance considerably to this point and those 
beyond. It may be stated, too, that a road has been pro- 
jected from here to a point called New Egypt, on the Cam- 
den & Amboy road. 

Leaving Farmingdale, we cross the Manasquan River, and 
pass through a pleasant open farming country, well cleared 
of timber, to 

SQUANKUM 

(47 miles ; 2 hours, 40 min. 6 trains daily.) 

depot, where passengers connect for Lower Squankum, an 
old settlement about two miles further south. And now we 
see and admire the piny woods ; there is a wild beauty in 
their very waste and loneliness that can never fail to charm 
the true lover of nature. The evergreen boughs," the soft 
grass, the snowy sands, the winding footpaths or roadways, 
trodden here or there at the option of the passer by, all wild 
and barren as they seem, have yet, to one weary of the hard 
brick and stone of the town, a strange attractiveness and 
beauty; and the breeze that comes whispering over the sea 
ofsoft green tree tops, greets the ear in gently soothing ca- 
dences, and tells a plaintive story of the quiet and rest to be 
found amid their shadows. 



28 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

Yet these pine barrens, desolate as they seem, have been 
trodden and retrodden by the foot of mortal man. During 
the revolution they were infested with outlaws, who during 
the day burrowed in caves they had dug in the side of sand 
hills, and which they covered with brush, but who at night 
sallied forth to plunder, burn and murder. So dangerous 
were they, that the government offered large rewards for 
their capture, and they were finally hunted down and ex- 
tirpated Hke wild beasts. But to this day the recollection of 
" the Pine Robbers," as they were called, is hideous to the 
good people of Monmouth County. But, while we are 
pondering over these curious reminiscences, we cross the 
north branch of the Metedeconk River, then the turnpike 
road making the boundary line of Monmouth and Ocean 
Counties, and in a moment or two arrive at the thriving and 
enterprising town of 

BRICKSBURG, 

(53 miles ; 2 hours, 52 min. 5 trains daily.) 

possessing in point of beauty, convenience and healthfulness 
of location, eminent claims for the consideration of the capi- 
talist, or one in search of a Home on the Sea Shore. 

The depot is located at the intersection of the railroad 
with Main Street, the principal business thoroughfare, and 
the arriving passenger, as his eye first rests upon the wide, 
well graded street, lined with fine stores, hotels, and offices, 
cannot resist the conclusion that he has at all events reached 
a town where prosperity and energy have abiding. And 
then, if he go further, and visit Clifton and Madison Avenues, 
where are to be seen many elegant and tasteful residences, 
and two or three handsome churches, or stroll beyond to the 
lovely drives which though in the town limits, border for two 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 29 

miles the shores of Lake Carasaljo ; or, afterward drop in for 
a moment or two at one or another of the manufacturing 
industries, which employ 400 hands, and give the place much 
of its life, he will agree with all who have ever visited Bricks- 
burg, that it is a model community. 

And so it is. It has 1200 people, a Loan and Building 
Association, two hotels, one of which, the Bricksburg 
House, kept by Dr. C. O. Gordon, we have pleasure in pre- 
senting to the reader's attention herewith. There are, also, 

BRICKSBURG, N. J. 

Superior Accommodatioiis for Summer Boarders. 

For information as to terms, etc., address the Proprietor, 

C. O. GORDON, Bricksburg, N. J. 

Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptisf and Methodist congrega- 
tions, two public schools, a weekly paper, a Savings Bank, 
(the Ocean County), a pubhc library and reading room, and 
a Masonic Lodge. As -a point for the establishment of 
manufacturing industries, it presents special attractions, the 
waters of the adjoining lake furnishing a fall of two hundred 
horse power. Nor is its agricultural attractiveness of less 
importance. The soil, with a little marl, is capable of high 
cultivation, and the facilities for drainage are unsurpassed. 
In point of health and climate the locaHty is celebrated ; the 
spring opens early ; the fall remains till late ; the air is mild 
and inviting, and the water soft and pure. In short, to a 
man of moderate means, desiring a quiet, peaceful home 
away from the city, Bricksburg presents strong claims. 

Then, too, the country about it is attractive; a drive, 
whether by stage or private vehicle, along or near the banks 



30 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

WARM AND FERTILE IW JERSEY LAIS! 

IN MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES. 

12,000 COPIES, 

SOLD IN LOTS TO SUIT PURCHASEES, AT $25 PER ACRE. 

44 miles from New York, 50 from Philadelphia, on N. J. Southern Railroad, (One 
Hour from Long Branch.) 

VILLAGE LOTS IN THE NEW SETTLEMENT, 

BRICKSBURG, QH LAKE CARASALJO. 

Farm, Fruit, and Cranberry Lands, 

With best Market Facilities. Time to Neio York soon to he reduced to Tivo 
Hours. Climate Mild, Salubrious and Curative. 

No Fever and Ague. No malarious diseases of any kind. 
For particulars, Circulars, &c., address 

R. CAMPBELL, 153 Broadway, N.Y., 

Or BRICKSBUEG, OCEAN CO., N. J. 

of the Metedeconk, brings one in an hour to the pretty sea 
side village of Point Pleasant, or to the nearer hamlet of 
Burrsville, while in any direction one cannot but meet with 
many charming scenes. 

Land can be purchased in or near Bricksburg at quite 
reasonable figures, say from $25 an acre upward, or any 
where from $150 to $800 for village lots, measuring 50x150 
feet. (See advertisement above.) 

Leaving with, it must be confessed, some regret, this livey 
town, we find the country south of it considerably undulating 
and broken, rising here ir/cO aorupt knolls, there sinking into 
gulleys and hollo^7o. And next we cross the two branches of 
Tom's River, pass, on the left, a large vineyard sweeping over 
a long slop^: of hillside, then reach a point where we com- 
mand a view of an unbroken waste of tree tops extending 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 31 

miles away on every side, cross Paqua Brook, and lo I here 
we are at 

MANCHESTER, 

(61 miles ; 3 hours, 12 min. 6 trains daily.) 

a village of eight hundred inhabitants, situated on both sides 
of the track, mth streets regularly laid out, good stores and 
hotels, three churches, (Presbyterian Methodist and Roman 
CathoHc), two schools and one or two factories. 

The raikoad shops are located here. At one time, many 
years ago, a furnace which manufactured large quantities 
of iron, was also in operation. From this point, too, diverges 
our branch road to the flourishing town of Tom's River, seven 
miles distant. Over this we shah pass some other day. 
Suffice it for the present to say that the branch road is older 
than our main Hne, having been laid thirty years ago. Since 
that time, however, it has been extended thirteen miles 
further to Bamegat Junction, where it unites with the Tuck- 
erton R R.. 

Manchester possesses, among its natural beauties, a charm- 
ing sheet of water, Horicon Lake, which the passenger may 
discern on the right hand just after we leave the depot. The 
cultivation of cranberries forms in this \dcinit}^ a prominent 
branch of industr}^ and from the car mndow just south of 
Ivlan Chester may be seen several-handsome cranberry patches. 
The process of growing this delicate fruit is an extremely 
curious and complicated one, attended with much expense 
and risk, but if successful with profits vastly larger than those 
realized from ordinary crops of fruit or grain. 

We next reach 



32 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

WHITINGS, 

(66 miles ; 3 hours, 26 min. 6 trains daily,) 

which, though a place of but few houses, is as a railroad 
point as important as any on our line, for here, center 
railroads from four different directions, tst, that over which 
we have come from New York ; 2d, that one to the right, 
which takes us to Philadelphia ; 3d, that one in the center, 
which forms our main line through to Vineland, Bridgeton, 
Atlantic City, Cape May, and the States of Delaware and 
Maryland; and, 4th, that on the left, which takes you to 
Tuckerton. We hope, reader, to traverse each of these 
diverging lines with you ; for the present we take the center 
or main line. "Medio tutissimus ibis." So, as one train 
whizzes away to the Quaker City, and another on the other 
side to the sea shore, off go we midway between them, and 
soon their locomotives' white puffs of smoke, rising above 
the distant pines, are no longer visible. 

So on we go again. Sand and pines, pines and sand, 
alternating in endless succession bring us to a little signal 
station, Wheatland, where are a few houses and a tile (not a 
silk tile) factory. Then we cross the Keith Line, separating 
Ocean and Burlington Counties, sight Owens' Hill, a quite 
prominent elevation on our left, and reach the village of 

IWOODMANSIE, 

(74 miles ; 4 hours, 03 min. 2 trains daily.) 

located at the intersection of our road with the Egg Harbor 
turnpike, and consisting of a few small dwellings, principally 
inhabited by workmen in the large charcoal pits close at hand, 
Then on again, and presently we pass another high elevation. 
Governor's Hill, and reach 



HOMES ON THE SEA- SHORE. 33 

SHAMONG, 

(79 miles ; 4 hours, 10 min. 2 trains daily.) 

a village of considerable attractions, with wide, well laid out 
streets, lined with shade trees, and boasting of a hotel, 
several stores and a Post-Office. Then we cross the Wading 
River, after that the Batsto, and next reach the good old 
village of 

ATSION, 

(90 miles ; 4 hours, 25 min. 2 trains daily.) 

of which, said a writer, thirt}^ years ago, "it contains 15 or 
20 dwellings, a Methodist church and a furnace emplo}ing 
about 120 workmen." 

About three miles north is the scene of the last Indian 
settlement in New Jersey, and where Brainard the missionary 
long resided. The remnant of the tribe emigrated westward 
about the year 1800. 

Atsion is a quite important point now as the junction of 
the main line of our road with the branch to Atco, on the 
Camden & Atlantic R. R.., ten miles distant. It also has a 
very large cotton mill, which may be seen close to the depot 
just north of the road. The Atsion River which flows through 
the village and which forms the boundary hne between 
Burlington, Atlantic and Camden counties, furnishes a fine 
water power of which capitalists and manufacturers may 
profitably avail themselves. . . 

.A ride, of nine miles, during which we pass Iron Mill 
and North Hammonton Stations, brings us to 

WINSLOW JUNCTION, 

-99 miles: 4 hours, 50 min. 12 trains daily.) 

where our-line intersects- that-of- the C-amden a^nd Atlantic 
Rx3ad. Here passenEers from New Yot¥'' for Atlantic 



34 HOMES ON THE SEA- SHORE. 

City change cars ; and, if the reader will turn to page 60 
of this book, he will there find, under the heading of " From 
New York to Atlantic City," a fuller description of that 
beautiful sea-side city, and the facilities for reaching it. Just 
beyond the junction is the pretty village of 

WINSLOW, 

(105 miles ; 4 hours, 55 min. 2 trains daily.) 

with a population of six or eight hundred, most of whom 
find employment in the extensive glass works which have 
been in operation by the Messrs. Hay for nearly half a 
century. 

CEDAR LAKE, 

(105 miles ; 5 hours, 6 min. 2 trains daily.) 

is a small village situated on the right of our track at its 
intersection with the turnpike road to Mays Landing,* an 
important village on the Egg Harbor River, about midway 
between here and the sea-shore. 

Just beyond Cedar Lake our line enters Atlantic County, 
and brings us, after a ride of four or five miles, to the new 
town of 

LANDISVILLE, 

(i 10 miles ; 5 hours, 19 min. 2 train? daily.) 

the center of a fine district of country, and named in honor 
of Chas. K. Landis, Esq., to whose energy and foresight is 
principally due the astonishing growth of the neighboring 
town of Vineland. Indeed the broad streets and avenues of 
that thriving place extend their long lines hither, embracing 

* Mays Landing was first setUed in 1710 by George M^, who opened a stoj€ 

V3 1 sapplied v3i3«L3 witlj wopd. Hii dvvalliag was s^iaiiaj uoiU a'3J4t UiJ. 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. $$ 

Landisville as a sort of suburb, which is destined doubtless 
at no distant day to become an active and prosperous section 
of the community. 

Town lots (50x100) can be purchased here for $150, and 
timber land at moderate prices,, the timber at market valua- 
tion, Aheady tlie infusion of energy is apparent in the 
erection near the station of a handsome mansard cottage for 
use as a store and dwelling. 

And now the indications of life and activity multiply about 
us as we proceed. Farm houses and vineyards are numerous, 
and on every side we see evidences of agricultural prosperity 
and wealth. Here and there we are surprised by broad, 
straight, well-graded avenues, intersecting meadow, grove 
and %dneyard, and teUing of a city close at hand. We cross 
Wheat Road, then J^Iain Avenue, each of them important 
thoroughfares, and each with a depot at its intersecting point, 
and, in a moment or two more, behold us safe and sound at 
the central depot in 

VINELAND, 

(115 miles ; 5 hours. 36 min. 2 trains daily.) 

where in the autumn of 1861 dwelt but four families, and 
where now is a population of over ten thousand thri\dng and 
industrious people. 

But this rapid grow1:h, though at first surprising, is never- 
theless a healthful one, and based upon sound natural princi- 
ples. As from the tillage of the soil comes the surest, truest 
wealth, and with it contentment and health ; so is it true 
that where the soil is most generous and genial, there, 
especially does Plenty fill her horn, and smiling Peace abide 
as in a chosen home. The soil of Vineland being partly 



36 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

a rich clay and partly a sandy loam is highly productive,* 
and this fact combined with the genial cHmate and healthful 
surroundings are the attractions which have made Vineland 
a sort of modern Arcadia, where a man, weary of the turmoil 
of business, may find prosperous repose for the remainder 
of his days. (See advertisement on opposite page.) 

The climate of Vineland is mild and equable, and 
especially beneficial for pulmonary and asthmatic affections. 
The summer is no hotter than that in the Northern States, 
while the winter is much milder and free from deep snow. 
The adjacent country being undulating and well drained, 
there are but few tracts of swampy land, no stagnant water, 
and consequently no liabihty to miasmatic diseases. 

In point of improvement and convenience, Vineland may 
challenge comparison with most cities of older and larger 
growth. All the principal religious denominations have 
places of worship, there are a score of schools, (including a 
High School and a Methodist Seminary), Masonic, Odd 
Fellows, and K. of P. Lodges, four or five weekly publications, 
six Post-Offices, a Safe Deposit Company, a Loan and Im- 
provement Association, and no end of useful manufacturing 
industries, employing about twelve hundred hands at wages 
ranging from fair to highly remunerative. The Maurice 
River, which traverses the westerly part of the town, is by far 
the largest unoccupied water power in the State, with an un- 
failing supply, and a combined fall of 54 feet ; and this power 
it is proposed to utilize shortly for the estabHshment of cot- 
ton, woolen and paper mills. In short, which ever way the 
visitor to Vineland may direct his glance, he will see about 
him thrift and a wondrous promise for the future. If, he 

* Last year, 1S72, Vineland shipped 8cxd tons of grapes, 10,108 crates of ber- 
ries, 6,156 of peaches, 1,360 of pears, and 2,838 barrels of sweet potatoes. 



HOaiES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 37 

All Wanting Farms. 

Good Soil, specially adapted to 

WHEAT, GRASS, FRUIT and VEGETABLES, 

In a mild climate, where the land can generally be plowed all winter, in a place 
remarkabh" healthful and Entirely Free from Fever and Ague. More fruit 
is shipped from this location than from any other place of the same area in 
the United States. The land by mechanical' division is just one-half clay and 
one-h'lf sand. Besides forming a good soil, it makes the best of roads. Twenty 
School Houses are now b-uilt, embracing a High School; and various ( rthodox 
Churches, consisting of Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Episcopalians, and 
other denominations. Some twelve different manufacturing establishments are 
also in the place, where both male and female members of families can find 
employment, consisting of work at Straw Sewing, Button Making, Cloth- 
ing, Shoes manufactured by Machinery, and other articles. 

Improved Places, Well Fruited, from SIOOO to $5000, 

according to size and improvements. 

Tirgin Soil, $25 per Acre, Town Lots at $150 Each. 

Present Population Ten Thousand, and Rapidly Increasing. 
For papers, giving full information, address 

CHARLES K. LANDIS, Proprietor, 

^^inelanii, IlVe^v^ Jersey. 

visit the town center, he mil see handsome churches, resi- 
dences, factories and school edifices, well laid out parks, good 
sidewalks and abundant shade trees, and all the surroundings 
of a civilized community, excepting rum shops, not one of 
which is allowed in the town. As a consequence of this 
restriction, the Overseer of the Poor reports not a single 
citizen or settler of Vineland dependent upon him for reHef. 
Here then we have the truest evidence of a substantial pros- 
perity. Or if the visitor go farther, and stroll out any one of 
the avenues leading away antennae-like into the soft, hazy 
landscape beyond, he mil see well improved farms, with neat 
homes, and mth inmates whose cheeks glow with a hue as 
ruddy as that of their own grape-clusters. 



3^ HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

At Vineland, passengers change cars for Millville and 
Cape May. 

Just beyond Vineland Depot we cross the Maurice River, 
called the Wahatquenack by the Indians, but deriving its 
present title from the circumstance of a ship, " the Prince 
Maurice," having been burnt by the savages at a point about 
twenty miles below here. Upon or near this river, between 
this and the sea, are to be found the flourishing city of Mill- 
ville, and the smaller but important villages of Port Elizabeth, 
Bricksboro, Mauricetown, Dorchester and Leesburg. Beyond 
it, we intersect the Jersey Bridge Road, cross the Muddy 
River, a tributary of the Maurice, and next halt for a 
moment at 

BRADWAYS, 

;ii8 miles : 5 hours, 47 min. 2 trains daily.) 

a signal station, in the midst of an open farming country. 
From the car window one sees on the right, a comfortable 
looking old farm house, with barns and orchards about it, 
and long lines of fences stretching away in both directions, 
teUing of well tilled acres, and substantial prosperity. 

About a third of a mile northeast of our next stopping 
place is the village of 

ROSENHAYN, 

(121 miles ; 5 hours, 50 min. 2 trains daily.) 

possessing six or eight houses, a store, school, and postal 
facilities. Land at this point has been divided up into lots 
and plots, and can be purchased, it is said, at moderate prices 
by intending settlers. At 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 39 

WOODRUFFS 

(123 miles ; 6 hours. 2 trains daily.) 

we intersect with the turnpike for the adjacent camp meeting 
grounds at Pleasant Grove, a favorite resort of Methodists in 
this section of the State. 

And now, a Httle further on, we cross the track of the West 
Jersey Raihoad, and approach 

BRIDGETON, 

(127 miles ; 6 hours, 8 min, 2 trains daily.) 

a time honored and prosperous city of eight thousand inhabi- 
tants, situated on both sides of the Cohansey (named from 
an ancient Indian chief, Cohanzick) River, embracing three 
populous wards, having a Mayor, Common Council, and pre- 
senting all the characteristics one would expect to find in the 
active, enterprising community which it is. The arriving 
passenger, aHghting, sees before him the winding channel of 
the river before mentioned, spanned directly in front of where 
he stands by a long high bridge, while, a quarter of a mile 
away, he discerns the spires, chimneys and housetops of the 
thickly built portion of the city, embowered in a wealth of 
foliage, and divided about midway by the shining waters of 
the river, where drawbridges, smoke stacks and a little forest 
of masts give evidence that he has reached a commercial, as 
well as a manufacturing, city. 

The approach to Bridgeton is exceedingly picturesque, the 
landscape abounding in a variety of pleasing surprises, in hill 
and bluff, and wooded upland, and peaceful vales, " stretch- 
ing in pensive quietness between." But before we enter the 
town a few reminiscences of its earlier history may not be 



40 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

uninteresting.* Its first settlement dates back as far as 
1754, and was due, probably, to there being here a conven- 
ient fording point on the Cohansey. In time, a bridge 
came to be built, and the settlement was dubbed Bridge- 
town, which title, on the estabHshment of a bank in 181 6, 
was modified to Bridgeton. 

Prior to the Revolution, there were not over 200 inhabi- 
tants; but, though few in number, these were staunch 
adherents of their country's cause^in that memorable strug- 
gle. A company from Bridgeton served under Gen'l Schuy- 
ler, and Dr. Jonathan Elmer, a Bridgetonian, was a member 
of the Revolutionary Congress. In 1780, a letter of marque 
schooner, called Gov. Livingston, was built here and made 
one successful trip, but on her return home from her second 
voyage, was captured near the Capes of Delav/are by a 
British frigate. 

It is estimated that, at the beginning of the present cen- 
tury, Bridgeton had a population of about four hundred. 
Its growth since that time has been steady; in 1829 there 
were 1.736 inhabitants; in 1838, 2,315; in 1850, 3^3'^3 j 
and in i86o, 5,000. The first line of communication with 
the rest of the world was by stage to Philadelphia. At dif- 
ferent times, a steamboat line has also been in operation 
between the two places, via. the Cohansey River, a ride of 
eighty miles, and at the present time, two trips per week are 
made to and from Bridgeton by a fleet and handsome steam- 
boat. But, bye and bye, increased demands of travel 
brought enlarged traveling facilities, and now Bridgeton has 



*The writer begs to acknowledge his indebtedness to the authors of Bar- 
bour's Historical Collections of New Jersey, and Elmer's Hist6ry of Cumber- 
ani County, for these interesting facts. - 



HOIVIES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 4I 

direct communication by rail ^nth the two largest cities in 
the country. 

With the Bridgeton of to-day it is, however, that we prin- 
cipally have to do ; and the \dsitor will find, on every side, 
as he strolls through its principal business thoroughfares, 
grateful e^ddences of its commercial life and activity. Two 
handsome draw-bridges span the Cohansey, connecting the 
east and west sides of the city. There are stores on Com- 
merce street which would be a credit to even the Metropolis 
itself. The sidewalks are well laid, and the streets lit with 
gas ; there are banks, insurance companies, some extensive 
manufactories, churches of all the prominent denominations, 
unusually fine educational faciHties — the New Jersey and 
Cohansey Academies ranking high among the institutions of 
learning in the State — and several newspapers, one of which, 
the Bridgeton Chronicle, now published by Geo. F. Nixon, 
Esq., has been in existence, under difierent names, since 
1 8 15. The manufacturing industries of the place are 
numerous and extensive, one of them, the Cumberland 
Nail and Iron Works, having been estabHshed in 1S15. 
Ship building is also carried on to some extent. 

As a place of residence, Bridgeton is both healthful and 
attractive, and one coming here in search of a home, will 
find, upon the broad avenues extending out into the 
suburbs, many choice and attractive building sites, combin- 
ing, with a natural beauty of scenery, all the convenient 
surroundings that refinement and civilization can bestow. 

Resuming our ride, we cross the Cohansey by the high 
bridge before mentioned, enter a heavy cutting, then emerg- 
ing, traverse the westerly section of the city, and once more 



42 HOMES ON THE SEA SHORE. 

are in the open country beyond, in which our next stopping 
place is 

BOWENTOWN. 

(130 miles ; 6 hours, 16 min. 2 trains daily.) 

Here we find a scattered settlement, with a nucleus of 
four or five houses about the depot. A turnpike road 
crosses here, affording a railroad outlet for a large farming 
country on either side. At Sheppard's grist mills, a short 
distance beyond, is another cross-road, where trains stop on 
signal. The most important stopping place, however, be- 
tween Brldgeton and the Delaware, is 

GREENWICH, 

(134 miles ; 6 hours, 26 min. 2 trains daily.) 

which, although far outgrown by its prosperous neighbor, 
which we have recently left, is coeval with it in history. 
Land was purchased here from the Indians in 1677, and 
shortly afterward a town, with a main street one hundred 
feet wide and two miles long, was laid out, and then 
churches. Episcopal, Presbyterian and Friends', were erected 
upon it. In 1697 semi annual fairs were established, and in 
1748 Court was first held and a log jail put up. In 1774, 
about forty men, disguised as Indians, and emulous of their 
Boston brethren, burned a cargo of tea, which had been 
landed at Greenwich and stored in a cellar. Suits were in- 
stituted by the owners of the tea, but were subsequently 
dropped. It is related, too, that a party of miHtia here re- 
pelled a foraging party from the British fleet, when it passed 
up the Delaware. 

Greenwich, to-day, has a population of about seven hun- 
dred, with good churches and schools, and a considerable 



HOMES ON THE SEA- SHORE. 43 

trade, not only with the inland, but by schooners with Phil- 
adelphia and other ports. 

Bacon's Neck, a short distance further on, is a signal sta- 
tion, and furnishes an outlet for those residing in the lower 
end of Richmond township. Beyond it, we begin to realize 
that we once more approach the coast. We see long 
stretches of marsh and meadow land, and, ere we are aware, 
are on the pier at 

BAYSIDE, 

(137 mDes ; 6 hour, 30 min. 2 trains daily.) 

on the shore of the Delaware River, which, at this point, has 
a width of about five miles. Here a good hotel has been 
erected; here the company have established an engine- 
house, and here, upon the completion of the proposed ex 
tension of the route across the State of Delaware to the 
Chesapeake, the cars will be transferred to boats, and ferried 
over to the opposite side. 

And here, for the present, our pleasant journey ends. 
But, ere long, Bay Side will cease to be the terminus of this 
great thoroughfare ; will become but a way station on a 
great popular trunk line from the Metropolis to Baltimore, 
Washington, and all the southern sea-board cities. For, 
whizzing across the fields of Delaware, ere many months, 
our iron horse will quench his thirst in the waters of the 
Chesapeake, and those whom he has transported thither will 
find themselves carried by a novel, quick and delightful 
route to the Monumental City; or, should their journey 
be southward, to a connection with the magnificent steamers 
which ply on the Chesapeake, to Hampton Roads, Norfolk, 
Richmond and Petersburg, Thus a new era of travel will be 
inaugurated, and year by year will develop and increase the 
success and prosperity of the New Jersey Southern Railroad. 



44 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

THE PHILADELPHIA EOUTE, 

VIA THE 

NEW JERSEY SOUTHERN RAILROAD. 

—X— 

If the reader will turn to the description of Whiting's 
Junction, on page 32, he will find it mentioned that there 
diverges the line to Philadelphia. Let us now take up this 
thread and follow it. The traveler has reached Whiting's, 
by a sail and ride of but little over three hours from New 
York, and Philadelphia is but two hours distant. During 
the summer season especially, this line of travel between 
the two largest cities of the country will be found delightful 
and convenient, introducing many features of interest, and 
affording the traveler the- benefit of the cool, invigorating 
sea-breezes during a great portion of his ride. By all 
means, try a summer trip to Philadelphia, by the New Jer- 
sey Southern route. 

For some distance beyond the junction, our route lies 
through the pine barrens, as before. We pass from Ocean 
to Burlington County, and first stop at 

HANOVER, 

(75 miles ; 3 hours, 40 min. 2 trains daily.) 

a station deriving its name from that formerly borne by the 
township. About a mile to the south, is a settlement bear- 
ing the dejected title of Mt. Misery, and three times that 



HOMES ON THE SEA- SHORE. 45 

distance northward, is a considerable village, Hanover Fur- 
nace, where, in the revolution, cannon balls were cast for 
use by the patriot troops. Beyond Hanover station, we 
cross a body of water, upon the banks of which is located 
another furnace, the " Mary Ann," and from this point our 
course lies parallel with the turnpike road, to 

NEW LISBON, 

(80 miles ; 3 hours, 50 min. 2 trains daily.) 

where a junction is made with the Columbus & Springville 
R. R. New Lisbon itself is a small village on the Rancocus 
River, and boasts, as its principal public edifice, the County 
Alms House. And now, as our journey continues, we find 
ourselves traversing a fair and fertile farming country, dotted 
with dwellings, and watered by frequent brooks. Now we 
see the Rancocus on our right, a rapid stream, growing each 
moment larger ; and presently we stop, close to its banks, at 
the depot at 

PEMBERTON. 

(84 miles ; 3 hours, 57 min. 2 trains daily.) 

The land hereabout was originally owned by one David 
Budd, who in 1758 sold out to a company of four persons, 
who built a grist and saw mill, and called the place New 
Mills. In 1826 the place was incorporated by its present 
name, after James Pemberton. The water power on the 
Rancocus is one of the best in this region. The village 
itself contains many features of interest and beauty. Its 
principal street, a wide thoroughfare extending from end to 
end, is shaded with fine old elm trees ; is Hned with brick 
sidewalks, and fronted by many fine stores and brick dvv^ell- 
ings, in the white blinds and trim exteriors of which we see 



46 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

infallible evidences of our near approach to the Quaker 
City. Pemberton has a population of two or three thous- 
and, several churches and schools, two good hotels, and 
stores of all kinds. The enterprise of its people is evinced, 
too, in the handsome iron draw-bridge spanning the Ran- 
cocus. 

Half a mile beyond the depot is 

PEMBERTON JUNCTION, 

where our road connects with the Camden and Burlington 
County road. But, without change of cars, we hurry on to 
Camden, and in another hour have crossed the Delaware by 
the Market street ferry, and, behold us in the good city of 
Philadelphia. 



Turn we back now for a ride over the various branches 
and connecting lines, the junction points of which we have 
noted in our passage over the main line. The first of these 
is the 

POET MONMOUTH BEANCH, 

which was, prior to the construction of the sea-shore Hnc 
over which we passed from Sandy Hook to Long Branch, 
a portion of the main line of road. Now, however, it is 
operated as a branch road. Yet, we shall find it an enjoy- 
able ride, through a region teeming with pleasant residences, 
delightful scenery and thriving towns, the first of which is 

SHREWSBURY, 

(37 miles ; 2 hours, 13 min. 5 trains daily.) 

the most ancient village in this section, it having been first 



HOMES ON tHfi SEA-SHORE. 4^ 

Sjttled by Connecticut people in 1664. Two centuries ago 
there were quite extensive iron works in operation here, 
owned by one Lewis Morris. The village itself, which is to 
the right hand, or eastward of the road, has a small popula- 
tion, and is a quiet, pretty place, mostly made up of neat, 
fresh looking residences, with here and there some relic of 
antiquity. Chief among these may be noted the Episcopal 
church edifice, erected in 1769. The silver communion 
service in use in this venerable building was presented in 
1703 by Queen Anne (the church having been organized in 
the previous year), and the pulpit Bible has been in use 
through four generations. There is also a Presbyterian 
church, founded in 1749 and built in 1821. 

As a place of summer residence, Shrewsbury is quiet, 
retired and attractive. The drives are numerous, and boat- 
ing and bathing faciHties are within easy distances. 

A ride of two miles further, due north, brings us to 

RED BANK, 

(39 miles ; 2 hours, 20 min. 5 trains daily.) 

pleasantly situated on the south bank of the Navesink 
River, at the head of navigation, and about five miles from 
the sea. Its singular title is derived from the color of the 
adjacent soil. The growth of Red Bank to its present pop- 
ulation, about 3,000, has been rapid of late years, owing 
mostly to its trade, by rail and steamboat, with New York. 
It was incorporated in 1869, and now boasts a National 
Bank, five churches, a fine new public school house, several 
well-conducted private schools, three hotels, and the most 
extensive nurseries* to be found in this section of the State. 

* See advertisement of A. Hance & Son, published elsewhere. 



■4^ HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

Its principal streets are well graded, with flagged sidev/alks, 
and are lit with gas. Its stores are supplied with most of 
the luxuries, as well as necessaries of life; in short, one 
finds in this active little place a metropolis in miniature. 

The summer visitor at Red Bank will find its surrounding 
country full of interest and beauty. The drive along the 
north shore of Rumson Neck, past Fairhaven to Port Wash- 
ington, brings in a pleasing variety of scenery in a four mile 
ride, and discloses numbers of building sites, than which 
none more beautiful could be desired. 

And now we cross the Navesink River, and, three miles 
beyond it, reach the station called 

MIDDLETOWN, 

(42 miles ; 2 hours, 36 min. 2 trains daily.) 

in honor of the township. The village of the same name 
is situated a mile or so to the west of the depot. Among its 
first settlers was the Richard Hartshorne who is spoken of 
elsewhere as the original owner of Sandy Hook, and who 
came hither in 1666. 

NAVESINK, 

(44 miles ; 2 hours, ^2 min. 2 trains daily,) 

is another station, two miles beyond, at the intersection of the 
main turnpike road, from the Highlands on the east to Key- 
port on the west. It is, therefore, the outlet for a quite 
thickly settled region of country, wherein the summer visitor 
may find many quiet, peaceful homes, within easy distance 
of town, yet surrounded by an invigorating atmosphere, and 
offering a (to many) welcome freedom from the restraints im- 
posed at the more fashionable summer resorts. 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 49 

Finally we reach Port I^Ionmouth, and catch a glorious 
view of the lower bay, wdth Staten Island and the Narrows 
in the distance. Here, a long pier extends out into the 
water, at which once landed the boats from New York, 
and for a time Port Monmouth was a bnsy point of embark- 
ation. But now -it slumbers lazily on the sands, and patiently 
awaits the day when direct communication shall again 
.awaken it to life and activity. Yet the visitor in search of 
quiet and seclusion, will find here many attractions worthy 
of consideration, in his search for a Home on the Sea- 
Shore. 

TOM'S EIVEE BEANCH. 



A t«'ent}^ minutes' run from Manchester (See page 31,) 
brings us to 

TOM'S RIVER. 

(68 miles, 3 h., 50 min. 3 trains daily.) 

And the first apprisal of our arrival is a glimpse of the 
beautiful river, from which the place derives its name ; and 
beyond it, vre see numerous clusters of dwellings, marking 
the business center. Alighting, we find the river on our left, 
spanned by a handsome iron bridge, leading up to the prin- 
cipal street beyond, and even now the rows of buildings, the 
busy sidewalks, the e\ddent activity prevaifing, give rise to 
the belief that sloth is a stranger in Toms River. As we 
cross the bridge, there may be had an attractive view, look- 
ing seaward, including the gradually widening river, Good 
Luck Point, the bay, and Island Beach beyond. Now, let 



50 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

US glance through the village, with its population of fifteen 
hundred ; it makes a good showing. Here are four churches 
(Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist), Masonic 
Lodge and Chapter, Odd-Fellows Lodge and Encampment, 
Knights of Pythias -Lodge, a National Bank, a Building and 
Loan Association, a well-conducted weekly paper, the New 
Jersey Courier, (published by Geo. M. Joy, Esq..) an excel- 
lent graded school, two hotels, and all variety of stores. 
Then, Tom's River, the county seat of Ocean county, has 
the Court House buildings in its limits; being, too, at the 
head of navigation on the river, it represents large shipping 
interests, and many of its people have acquired their for- 
tunes in following the sea. It is the center, moreover, of a 
cranberry interest, involving an investment of a million dol- 
lars, and its annual business in whortleberries, fish and 
oysters is extensive. 

To the settler, whether laborer or capitalist, Tom's River 
offers facilities in the forms of numerous fine water powers ; 
of an abundance of timber in the adjacent cedar swamps ; 
of clay beds convenient for brick manufacture, and of grass, 
useful for making paper. The city resident, in search of a 
home, will find here many fine villa sites, overlooking the 
river or the bay, and where splendid boating, fishing, shooting 
and bathing can be enjoyed in season. Among those who 
have already availed themselves of such pleasant surround- 
ings, may be mentioned Thomas Placide, Esq., the well- 
known actor. 

BAYVILLE, 
our next stopping place, has a population of about three 
hundred, with two churches, a school and a post office. At 
the small village of 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 5 1 

CEDAR CREEK 

we cross the stream of the same name, and pass the scene 
of another severe revolutionary encounter between mihtia 
and refugees. The place has now about an hundred inhab- 
itants. 

FORKED RIVER 

is the most important \'illage upon the Branch, after Tom's 
River, and is pleasantly situated, overlooking, and two miles 
distant from, the bay. It is an old settlement, once largely 
engaged in exporting wood and charcoal, and now has a 
population of four hundred and upwards, with a church, 
school and post-office. 

We cross successively the three branches of the Forked 
River, then Oyster Creek, and come next to 

WARETOWN, 

with a population of four hundred, most of whom depend 
upon maritime pursuits for their livelihood. There are two 
hotels and a post-office here, and just beyond the village 
our branch connects, at , 

BARNEGAT JUNCTION, 

wdth the Tuckerton Railroad from Whiting's for Barnegat, 
Manahawken, West Creek and Tuckerton, and the sea-side 
resorts of Long Beach beyond. 



52 HOMES ON THE SEA-SAORE. 

THE TUCIERTON EAILROAD. 

_t 

Two years ago, capital and enterprise joined hands to 
form a much-needed Hnk of communication from some point 
on the main line of the New Jersey Southern Railroad to 
Tuckerton and the Little Egg Harbor region. From Whit- 
ing's, it was determined that this line should diverge (see 
page 32); and let us, therefore, reader, betake ourselves 
once more to that important junction point. Important, 
because there we find the cars in waiting to convey us, not 
only to pleasant villages and summer hotels, and fishing and 
yachting grounds, but, better still, to Manahawken, a garden 
paradise near the sea-shore, a region where the air is fra- 
grant with the odor of magnolias, and where broad, fertile 
meadows give promise of a rich recompense to the sower. 

Travel from New York by this route is rapid and con- 
venient. The ride, three and a half hours to Whiting's, has 
already been described in pages 5 to 32. Then, a mile or 
two more through the pine woods, bring us to 



BAMBER, 

(68 miles ; 3 hours, 42 min. 3 trains daily,) 

sometimes called Ferrago. Here there are a commodious 
depot and a large store, while a short distance westward is a 
fine body of water, Bamber Lake, in which Cedar Creek 
takes its rise. There is a saw mill here, and, in old times, 
there was a furnace. Large quantities of lumber are annu- 
ally prepared and shipped hence to market At 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 53 

LACEY 

(71 tnues ; 3 hour, 42 mm. 3 trains daily.) 

we cross the turnpike, or Wright's road, to Tom's River. 
The station derives its name from the towmship. There is 
here, too, a good depot, and considerable improvements are 
in progress about it, under the direction of Rutherford Stuy- 
vesant, Esq., of New York, who owns a large adjacent tract. 
Passing Wareto\\Ti, the junction point of the branch road 
from Tom's River, (see page 51), we next reach the consid- 
erable \-iilage of 

BARNEGAT, 

(79 miles ; 4 hours, 14 min. 3 trains daily.) 

a title time-honored in the sea-coast annals of New Jersey, 
and known to sportsmen the countr}- over. Looking east- 
ward, we can discry the Bamegat Light House, tapering sky- 
ward, on the beach five miles away. If we alight, we shall 
find the village a quiet and VTQtty one, inhabited chiefly by 
sea-faring people. The Friends ha^-e a meeting-house here, 
and there are one or t«^o other churches, t5\^o hotels, and a 
good school. Gunning River, just south of the village, is a 
famous resort for game-hunters. 

And nov/, as we resume our journey, sand and pine woods 
disappear, and e\ddences of an increased agricultural wealth 
appear 'to multiply about us. Here, on our right, we see a 
well-ordered fruit-farm, covering many acres; then, wide 
and well-tilled meadows open away on both sides, a refresh- 
ing contrast to the sterilit)^ we have left behind. Now we 
see a cluster of houses among the trees, now neat fences and 
side-walks and stores, now signs on the street comers ; now 
the whistle blows, the engine slackens its speed, and presently 
the brakeman calls out 



54 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

MANAHAWKEN, 

(82 miles ; 4 hours, 26 min. 3 trains daily.) 

Here, for a few hours, we pause, for it is at this point that 
the Stafford Land Company, a party of capitaHsts from New . 
York and Philadelphia, have placed upon the market a choice 
tract of some thousands of acres, extending hence to the 
shore of the bay, and embracing hundreds of desirable sites 
for homes on the sea shore. Our journey would be incom- 
plete without a personal inspection of this beautiful and 
interesting locality. 

But first a word or two about the village itself. Mana- 
hocking (an Indian name, signifying good corn ground), was 
originally its name. Thirty-one years ago it was spoken of 
as " a flourishing village, containing two taverns, three 
stores, and about forty dwellings." It has now a population 
of about a thousand, with churches, schools, shops, hotels, 
mills, and a village library. A stream flows through the vil- 
lage, furnishing opportunities for an excellent water power, 
which, by the energy and ingenuity of Nathaniel H. Bishop, 
Esq., an extensive cranberry planter, is to be utilized in fa- 
cilitating the shipment of berries to the market. Mr. Bishop, 
it may be remarked, is the owner of three large plantations, 
Mayeta, La Mia, and Oxycoccus, upon which he has 
successfully applied a knowledge acquired by years of scien- 
tific research. Strohing through the quiet streets of this 
peaceful village, the visitor will find much that is attractive 
and pleasing in its quaint dwellings and antiquated sur- 
roundings. 

But it is with the modern Manahawken that we have to 
do, and let us make the depot our starting point. Certainly 
nowhere could we gain a better idea of the natural advan- 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 55 

tages of the locality, and of the extent of the improvements 
that the Stafford Land Company are making. For, from the 
railway to the bay, a distance of two miles and a half, stretches 
away a magnificent sweep of graveled avenue, eighty feet in 
width, lined with sidewalks and shade trees, and forming 
one of the finest drives to be found in the State. Glancing 
down this broad vista, we catch a glimpse of the blue waters 
of the bay, and the white sand, and the ocean beyond, 
while, near by, the luxuriant verdure of the wayside groves 
encases the picture in a setting of emerald. 

From the same point, to our right, diverges Bay, and, to our 
left. Beach Avenue, each extending shoreward equi-distant 
from Stafford Avenue, and comprising between them the 
principal portion of the company's tract. The three avenues 
are intersected at regular intervals by cross streets, Parker, 
Montgomery, Kearny, Murray and Stockton Streets, upon 
each of which are to be found many high, well drained and 
desirable building sites. Near the corner of Beach avenue 
and Stockton Street stands the Staftord House, a well or- 
dered hotel, where the visitor at Manahawken can always find 
a welcome. Following either avenue, further seaward, we 
reach the tracts known as the Moor and Glen farms, com- 
posed of several hundred acres, famed for their fertility, and 
commanding a glorious view of Barnegat Bay. Harvey 
Cedars, and the hotels on Long Beach. Here is just such 
a scene as was pictured by Longfellow in his description of 
Grandpre, the home of the Acadian peasantry. Stafford 
Avenue, it may here be stated, extends through the Moor 
farm, towards the shore of the bay. 

Nor should the natural advantages of this locality, in point 
of healthfulness of climate and fertility of soil, be overlooked. 
The cool sea-breezes of summer blow landward with almost 



5.6 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

the same regularity as the trade winds, while the east winds 
tempered by a warm moisture from the Gulf Stream, render 
the winters mild and pleasant, and devoid of that severity 
felt on the more northerly coasts. The central sea-coast of 
New Jersey is celebrated as the best, all-the-year-round, 
climate in the Northern and Eastern States. The surface of 
the land, too, sloping gently seaward, forms a natural water 
shed, ensuring complete drainage, even after rains, and ob- 
viating any danger of miasmatic complaints. 

The land, too, is singularly productive. Here, upon this 
oasis, this broad belt of rich gravel and sand loam,* grow 
plentiful crops of fruit, grain and vegetables, and flowers and 
trees which, in their luxuriance, tell of the distant tropics- 
Here grow the fragrant magnolia and laurel, and here the 
naturalist may find butterflies and other insects, scarcely 
ever to be seen elsewhere in northern latitudes. Here abun- 
dant crops of hay reward the mower, eight hundred tons hav- 
ing been cut and shipped from the Company's meadows 
during the last season ; and here the settler may come, 
secure a small tract, and, by good honest labor, aided by the 
generous hand of Nature, rear about him a homestead where 
neatness, beauty and prosperity shall have abiding. 

Let it be remembered, too, that the surroundings of the 
locality are in various ways attraxtive, affording opportu- 
nities for abundance of fish and oysters, surf bathing, boat- 
ing and sailing, blue fishing and snipe and duck shooting in 
their several seasons. 

The shoal water of the adjacent bay renders it a favorite 

*Prof. Cook, State Geologist of N. J., in his report of 1868, says of this locality : 
'' The surface soil of this formation is a fine sandy loam, with very little gravel, 
and containing organic matter enough to make it a rich and productive soil. It 
corresponds to the alluvial soils on the river bottoms of inland districts. '' 



HOUES OJS THE SEA-SHOEE. 57 

feeding gromid for "s-iid duck. and. conseqiioitly, an espe- 
cially attractive resort for sportsmen. 

But tiie fiiture of Manahawken derives a iargel}- increased 
importance, &om the laxrt that, at this point, is afforded the 
most available line of railroad commimication to that popu- 
lar summer resort Long Beach. For, by the confluence in 
the ba}-. here a Ettle over a mile wide, of the tides from 
Bamc^at Inlet on the north, and Little Egg Harbor Inlet on 
the south, have been formed, by accretion, a number of 
small islands, links in a son of nanrai causeway, leading 
onh- a space of eleven-sixteenths of a mile to be bridged, 
and rendering the construction of a roadway to the Beach a 
comparatively easy matter. 

Indeed, with this fact in -.iew, the Phi!ade^3iiia and Staf- 
ford Beach Railroad Co, has been organized, and has pro- 
jected a line which will bring Philadelphia within fQrt}'-nine 
miles of the sea-shore, or several miles nearer than at pres- 
ent. Upon this line, intersecting Stafford avenue near the 
shore, ^lanahawken. with its large business and agricultural 
interests, is manifesrl'v destined to attain a substantial growth 
and prosperity. 

The Company offer 
Business Sites and Bidlding Plots in the -ii&ge colter, at 

m^AtTSC'jt rates, \zrfm^ according ta locatioiL 
Sm/iJI Farms of from five to twenty-ffve acres, within half a 

mile of the depot at irom $60 to $ioq per acre, and 
Farms for HcmesUads. atuated nearer the bay, at from $40 

to $75 per acre, 
and the intending purchaser wiH find their offer, paVB^ied 
eisewhexe, one well worthy his consderation- 

Eut TTc have vet a feK- miles to ride, so 1^ bs lesasnc our 



58 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

journey. Our course lies, generally, parallel with that of the 
turnpike, which we can see at intervals, first on our right, 
and then on our left. Next, we cross a stream, and, a 
moment or two later, reach the station, deriving, from it 
its name, 

WEST CREEK. 

(87 miles ; 4 hours, 43 min. 2 trains daily.) 

The village, which is situated near the borders of Burling- 
ton county, has a population of about six hundred, and is 
the center of an extensive cranberry district. It was for- 
merly known as Westecunk. 

And now, we are off again, and are approaching our 
journey's end. For, straight ahead, and about two miles 
distant, is 

TUCKERTON, 

(89 miles ; 5 hours. 2 trains daily.) 

a place of about twelve hundred inhabitants, and famous as 
a summer resort from time immemorial. Fronting upon 
Little Egg Harbor, it possesses unusually good faciHties for 
shipping, and is in fact the headquarters of a large coasting 
trade. It was first settled in 1669 by Long Islanders, but in 
1765, one Reuben Tucker, a New Yorker, purchased here a 
large tract of land, and in 1786, the village was given its 
present name. In those days Tuckerton had a custom- 
house, and direct lumber trade with the West Indies. Du- 
ring the Revolution, two British prizes were brought into 
Tuckerton, and at one time upwards of thirty armed Ameri- 
can vessels rendezvoused here. An expedition having been 
fitted out by the British at New York to destroy the place, 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 59 

General Washington sent Count Pulaski and his legion to 
defend it. The privateers being apprized of the approach 
of the British, escaped, but Pulaski arrived too late to pre- 
vent the destruction of several houses and thirty prize vessels 
by the foe. One of his picket guards of thirty men also 
were captured and put to death. The British then retreated, 
but lost one of their vessels, the Zebra, which grounded in 
going out of the harbor, and v^^as set on fire to keep her 
from falhng into the American hands. 

With such stirring memories as these, the \isitor mil not be 
surprised to find Tuckerton an active busy httle town, with 
four churches and schools, and considerable business. Many 
of its people are wealthy, and the place has a general well-to- 
do and prosperous air. In summer time it is much fre- 
quented, and is important, too, as the point of embarkation 
for the well kno^^-n Barnes' Hotel on Long Beach. Under 
the general railroad law it is proposed to construct a rail- 
road from Tuckerton to Absecon (see page 6i), thus open- 
ing direct communication with Atlantic City and Philadel- 
phia. 



6o HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

FROM 

NEW TOEK TO ATLANTIC CITY, 

VIA 

NEW JERSEY SOUTHEEN M CAMDEN aM ATLANTIC RAILROADS. 



4.— — 

Of late years there has sprung up on Absecon Island, 
a great and growing sea-side city, possessing in an eminent 
degree, in its location and surroundings, all the pre-requisites 
of a cool, .healthful and attractive v/atering place, and grow- 
ing with a rapidity which promises at no distant day to cover 
the island, over its entire extent of nine miles, with the villas 
and cottages of the wealthier residents of the two great 
neighboring cities. And it is to this delightful spot, fanned 
by the invigorating breezes of the Atlantic, and remote from 
the hot dusty walls and pavements of the town, that we now 
conduct the reader. 

The route from New York is a pleasant and an easy one. 
First comes the sail down the bay, and the railroad ride past 
Long Branch, and the many other points of interest men- 
tioned in pages 5 to 33, until the traveler finds himself at 

WINSLOW JUNCTION, 

where the Atlantic City Express train (full of passengers, who 
left Vine Street Wharf, Philadelphia, a little over an hour 
ago) is in waiting, with elegant Woodruff parlor cars at- 
tached, to convey him to his destination on the sea shore.* 

* The Camden & Atlantic Railroad is now the shortest route from Philadelphia 
to the Sea Shore, 



HOMES ON THE SEA- SHORE. 01 

We change cars, and in a moment are whizzing away to the 
east, traversing a region differing very Httle materially from 
that through which the last twenty-five miles of our journey 
has lain. Now v/e pass Hammonton, a thrifty village of 
twelve hundred people, settled by New Englanders, princi- 
pally engaged in shoe manufactory and fruit grov/ing. Da 
Costa, the next station, derives it name from a former Presi- 
dent of the road. 

At Elwood, about five miles beyond, is another shoe fac- 
tory, and a population of about five hundred. Then we come 
to Egg Harbor, and observe, in passing, a large piano factory, 
as an indication of local enterprise and industry. The place 
is chiefly settled by Germans, is regularly laid out, covers 
a large territory, has a number of churches, schools and ho- 
tels, and is quite a manufacturing town. At this point, too, 
diverges the branch road to May's Landing, (see mention 
of May's Landing on page 34), the county seat, where are 
located the extensive cotton mills of Richard D. Wood & Co. 

About six miles beyond, we pass a small station, Pomona, 
and next reach the important village of Absecon, famed for 
its fine oysters, through all the adjacent country. 

And now we have reached the shore of the main land, 
and already there comes to us, eager for our jour- 
ney's end, occasional whiffs, telling of the ocean beyond. 
But wait a moment or two ! railroad enterprise will not allow 
us to stop here, for ahead of us stretches a wide expanse of 
meadow, and straight over it lies our roadway. Ah ! now 
we catch the glorious salt breeze, fragrant with odors of the 
grass and sea weed. Never was cup of cool water more grate- 
ful to the thirsty wayfarer than to us is this refreshing wind 
coming in fresh and free from the broad Atlantic. And what 



62 HOMES ON THE SEA- SHORE. 

a change it has wrought among our fellow passengers. Sleepy 
old gentlemen awaken from their snooze, tired babies stop 
crying, and commence to crow, the young ladies no longer 
fan and languish; no ! there is a new life and vigor in each. 
Look ! there is the inlet ! there is Brigantine Beach to the 
northward ! behind is the mainland, dotted with houses ; 
around us, a sea of green ; before us the island, with its cu- 
polas, and spires and chimneys, and the lighthouse at its 
upper end. Now we cross the drawbridge, and in another 
moment are on the main avenue of 

ATLANTIC CITY. 

The observant visitor needs but a glance to convince him 
that he has reached a prosperous and well-ordered commu- 
nity. He sees broad, level, well -graded avenues stretching 
away on each side, bordered v/ith wide sidewalks, and lined 
with buildings of every variety, from the trim cottage to the 
mammoth summer hotel. Horse cars, street lamps, and 
uniformed police, all help to assure him by their presence 
that Atlantic City is a city indeed. Yet, strange as it may 
seem, all this portion of the island, where now fashion holds 
high court, was but a few years ago an unbroken waste of 
sand-hills, covered with stunted cedars, and numbering within 
its limits only six dwellings. Now there are over as many 
hundred, and a resident population of one or two thou- 
sand. The sand hills have been leveled into oblivion, the 
surveyor has laid his Hnes, and lo ! as if by magic comes the 
sound of hammer and saw, and a city springs into existence. 

Although Absecon Island was first settled in 1818 by one 
Jeremiah Leeds, whose widow still resides here, it was not 
until the organization of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad 



HOMES ON THE SEA- SHORE. 6$ 

Company in 1852, that public attention was turned to its 
unusual eligibility as a site for '' Homes on the Sea-Shore." 
In July, two years later, the first excursion train arrived, and 
about the same time the " United States," the first hotel of 
any size, was opened. Since then the growth and popularity 
of the place have rapidly increased. During the summer of 
1872 there were, by actual count, 67,090 excursionists car- 
ried thither, and a resident population of between thirty-five 
and fort}^ thousand people. 

But, v>^hen the reader comes to consider the natural ad- 
vantages possessed by this particular locality" as a place of 
summer resort, its rapid increase in public favor T\ill not 
seem remarkable. Take, for instance, the healthfulness of 
the atmosphere, which, while tempered by its proximit}- to 
the ocean, yet possesses a peculiar dr}mess, which renders it 
extremely beneficial to those afflicted with diseases of the 
throat, chest or lungs. For the sufiferer with rheumatic or 
scrofulous tendencies, the iodine in the air, the iodine and 
salt in the water, promise a speedy and, it may be, perma- 
nent improvement. It is, beyond ca^il, the place for those 
seeking relief from Hver complaints. 

But it is to invalid children that this atmosphere appears 
to give its most healthful influences, and so well established 
has this fact become, that a few benevolent Philadelphians 
have established here a "Children's Sea-Shore House," 
where, during the past season, twent}-seven sick and wasted 
little ones from the city were furnished maintenance and 
attendance. During the present summer it is proposed to 
erect a large and handsome building for this purpose, with 
accommodation for fifty or sixt}' children, ground having been 
donated by one of the members of the Association. The 



64 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

enterprise appeals to the sympathies of every parent and de- 
serves a generous support and encouragement. 

In point of convenience and attractiveness, moreover, 
Atlantic (as it is familiarly called '' for short ") is especially 
noticeable to the summer visitor. Standing on any of the 
avenues crossing the island, one may look eastward to the 
sea, and the horizon, and westward, over the wide meadow 
land to the hazy blue of the main land beyond. The three 
avenues, Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific, which run parallel with 
the sea through the whole length of the city, afford excellent 
drives, while, beyond, one may go in one direction over the 
Pleasantville road to Absecon, or down along the surf, a 
splendid hard sand drive to Cedar Grove, at the Island's 
southern end ; then, too, there are rare facilities for fish- 
ing, shooting and sailing in the adjacent creeks and bays ; 
the beach, long and shelving offers opportunity for safe surf 
bathing ; the hotels are numerous and many of them well 
kept, and on their broad verandahs, of summer evenings, 
there is no end of music, dancing and flirtations. Then, too, 
when Sunday comes, you have your choice of attending 
Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist, Roman CathoHc, or 
Quaker worship ; in short, you will find in Atlantic City 
churches, schools, markets and stores on as liberal a scale as 
at any watering place of its size in the country. 

New Yorkers in search * of " Homes on the Sea Shore," 
will do well to visit Atlantic City before deciding as to where 
they will pass the summer. They will find good furnished 
cottages to rent for from $300 to $650, and eligible lots (50 
X 150 feet) for $1,200, 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 65 

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HOMES ON THE SEA- SHORE. 67 

SEABRIGHT HOTEL. 

ROBERT EMEF^Y, - - Proprietor-. 

At SEABRIG-HT, N. J. 

On the Nevr Jersey Southern E. E., betvreeu LONG BRAIsCR and SANTjY HOOK, 
25 imles from Nevr York ; situated on the beach, between ihe 
SHREWSBrHY RIVER and SEA, with all con- 
veniences for sea and river bathing. 



The Hotel has been enlarged and refitted thronghont, and will be open for 
guests, May 1st, for the seasen. The efforts of the Proprietor daring the past 
to accommodate and make his guests at home, \\-iiI be a guarantee for the fumre 

The boating and lishimi is unsurpassed, and fine oysters, clams and fish are 
always on hand, fresh from ocean and river every day, served at short notice. 

Attached to the Hotel is a first-class Restaurant, where meals will be furnished 
at all hours. A bather employed to attend to guests, and bathing suits always on 
hand. 

Parties wishing to spend a day on the sea-shore will find this the most desira- 
ble place for pleasure and reasonable prices along the beach. 



E. M. Axexaxdeu, W. "^. Shippen, 

>. Bo2Rowr, fc. B. Pool-, 

ofiltc Equitable Life A'isuraiu-e Co. U'A-oken, 



BORDEN MORRIS, 

Main Street, Lonj Branch, 

CiSlT Mill iinPIIL^Tm 



FURNITURE 

Made and Repaired in Good Sty'e. and Upholstered to 

Order in Best Manner. 

Cottage Suits made to order of any desired material. 



in all its branches. Bodies Preser^'ed ix Ice and trans- 
ported with personal attendance when desired. 



68 HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 

LONG BRANCH HOTEL 

Lono' Branch Villa o'e. 3'. 7. 



its 



This Hotel has been refitted aiui ret\in\ished, and is 

OPEN ALL THE YEAR ROUND 

for the accommodation of guests. 

It is pleasantly situated in a shady part of the Village, and gues 
stopping at this house can enjoy all the ad\-antages of the shore- Every 
thing necessary for a first-dass house is constantly kept in the Dining - 
Room and Bar. 

JOHN VAN WOERT, Proprietor, 

NEW YORK HOTEL, 

F/^st Side of t-.e Se.v Shore R. R. S:-t:ion. 



This popular Hotel, (a branch of the New Ycrk house,) has l>een 
newiy furnished, and all the rooms provided mth heating apparatus for 
the \vintcr season. It is the only hotel on Long Branch that is 

KEPT a^ THE £uROPgA?r PLA?f t 

and is alwaj-s supplied with the choicest edibles the New York market 
aSords. Charges very reasonable- 



HOMES ON THE SEA- SHORE. 69 



MORFORD & VANDERVEER 

fLate Morford, Vanderveer «fc Co.) 

510 & 512 Main St., Long Branch. 



Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Furniture, 

HARDWARE, TINWARE, CARPETS, 

MATTINGS, (jlL CLOTHo. HOU^E FI]R!n::HlN^ GOODS, &C., &C. 

5000 ARTICLES IN STOCK. 

libUiT to "OM Habitues" of the Branch. WeBteru Uuiou TeJfjgraplj to all points. 

WHOLESALE AGENTS for PRATT'S ASTRAL OIL. 

•r^- .S£>'D rOK CATALOGUE. 

R. L. WHITE, 

LONG BRANCH VILLAGE, 

Calls attention to the fact thai he has the largest stock of goods in his line, 

CO.NSlSnKG OF 

juvfij, Imn. |ojii3f fUniiii, 

Tin, Sheet Iron, Plated and Britannia Ware, Toilet Sets, 

Table Cuihry^ Lant^z,, ci'c. 

IRON IIj%.Y RACKH ^iND IF-EED BOXES, 

to be found in the plate, if not in the country, which be will sell as low- 
as the same goods can be bought elsewhere in the State or out of it. 
Tin Roofing done at short notice, and in a ruanner v/arranted to give satis- 
fac-tion. Gutters and Leaders jjut up in superior style. If you want anything 
in my line of trade, you can save money by purchasing of me. Call and see for 
yourselves. 53^ Leave your orders in person at my place of business, and 
thc-y will receive immediate attention. 



70 HOMES ON THE SEA- SHORE. 

ESTAELISHED 1845. 

The Upper Shop in the Village, opposite Van Woert's Livery Stable. 



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in all its branches. Especial attention given to Light and Heavy Carriage Work. 

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executed in the neatest manner. Charges moderate, and all work warranted to 



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In connection with Blacksmithing, we have established a 

CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY, 

and beg to announce to our friends and the public generally, that we are 

prepared to make to order 

Buggies, Depots, Phaetons, Carryalls, Farm Wagons, 

and other descriptions of vehicles, both light and heavy, of all the latest styles. 
Carriages Painted and Repaired in the best manner, and at reasonable rates. 

WM. H. MORRBS & SON, Long Branch, N.J. 

GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE 

la connec'don with the Post Office, Main St., next door to Steinbachs' 
Temple of Fashion, 

EAST liONG BRANCH, N. J, 

I have just enlarged my store, and laid in a large stock of 

|tegiflg|, |geiM5n|, ^\m. mi ^ni, |if, |lfiw ml |fili!, 
focden and Willow Ware, stone fare, Canned rruits and YegetaDles, &c. 

SEGARS AND SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO 

of the best brands. ' My goods are all new and fresh, and will be sold at the 
lowest market rates. 

Polite and attentive clerks in attendance. Purchasers can have their goods 
delivered at short notice. Thanks are returned for the liberal patronage of the 
past, and a continuance of favors is solicited from the public. 

MATTHIAS WOOLLEY. 



HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 7 1 

, GRANDIN VANNOTE, 

FARMSNGDALE, - NEW JERSEY, 

DEALER IN 

IIA.TS, CAPS, 



AGENT FOR 



Eagle Mower, Eiggs' Gang Plow, Fertilizers, Coal, Lime, Lmlier, 

STOVES AND FURNITURE. 



GBNF.IiAL SF.WIXG 3IACIIINJE AGENCY 

W. W. MENDENHALL, 



OSBORN, BEO. & CO., 

West side R.R., in Store North side, Union Avenue. 

SAMUEL S. OSBOEN, 

0I?I1 Iigliief, Siff ij9i mi Geifijiieif 

OF DEEDS, &c. 
MANCHESTER, N. J. 



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HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 
^SIVITEN' YOU LEAVE THE 




G-O RIGMIO: TO 

STEEL'S HOTEL& DINING ROOMS 

316 & 318 GREENWICH STREET, 

Bet. Reade & Duane Streets, 
AND GET YOUR 

BREAKFAST, DINNER OR TEA! 

At Reasonable Prices, and of the Best Quality, 
X30 Hooiixs. 50 an<i 75 Oents x>er INlgflit;. 

128 Nassau Street. 

Near Beekman street, NEW YORK. 

HAS A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF 

STANDARD MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, 

Foolscap, Letter and Note Paper, Blank Books, Letter Presses and 

Copying Books, Inks, Pens, Pencils and Office Stationery. 
PHOTOGRAPH AND AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS, 

Envelopes, and Initial Stationery, Check Books, Letter and 
Bill Heads, and Cards. 

PROTIXG AND LITHOGRAPHING A SPECIALTY % 

^^" Before starting for the Sea-Sh re call at No. 128 Nassau Street and sup- 
ply 3'-ourself with Stationery and Reading Matter at Moderate Prices. Also, 
Subscribe for " The V\'orking Farmer." Price §1.50 per annum. 



HOMES OX THE SE.^-SHORE. 



73 



AND THE 

White Mountains, 






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Z?a//)/ at 5 P. M.,from Pier 40, N, R. 

STEAMERS 

City of New York, 
City of Boston, 

"^ AND 

City of Lawrence. 

co:v^vlcti:nG vriTH 
EZPRS3S TRAINS AT KBW LONDON for 

BOSTON, and, via 'n^vJ'OHCSSTER, for the 

WHITS MOUNTAINS, also with 

VERMONT CENTRAL R. R„ forali points North, 

WALTIE^F. PAEKEE, Agsnt. 



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HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 



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SHRUBS AND EVEHGREEHS 



The purchaser of a " Ko^ie o^' the Sea-Shobe " y>-iH not. ha^/e made it com 
plete nntil he shall have beaiitiiiecl aod adonj^-a the grounds about it ; in order to 
do this, let him visit the Seed and I'laut. Store of 

M2SS1S. B117SS ^ SmONSON, 



and glance over their ex 
Trees, [ivJboHH I> : ■ . f- 
None bat the he.-, 
as by any other 1; 

In no other hi. -:. 
that success depends c i 
business is there a \vi • 
utter impossibilitv vr, f, 
the eye. This fd 
well known and 

filF" Seeds av^d , - . : 
Jersey Sourheni i.aiiiijad 



tensive and attrac{i\''^ s^tock of Fruit and Ornamental 

■'■: -r, 7 T":' •■■. aof! Vf'i'e'abii^, Floiver and Field iSctds. 
\'i seeds are oitered, and at as low prices 

„ been more satisfactorily demonstrated 

than in the Seed Trade : and in no other 

and deception. It i:«, i^: most cases, an 

_, : - in Vegeiable, Fic-ld and xlov/er Seeds by 

.Ice r t^ed Purchasers to make their selections from 



to any Post Office on the line of the New 



! s ou.y- 
l: by lauij 
Addi? ?s 



REEVES ^ Sli^O^iSON, 

5i Cortlaiidt Street. Wew Tork. 



THl NATIONAL WOO'D MANUFACTyEING- CO." 
11 \\ II z-^^-:^^^''- <^SL--^ "^^^ Broadway, 



Bet. a2d & 23d Sts. 

Offices, Stores, Kitchens, 
Saloons, 25 cts. per foot. 

Dining Piooms, Halls, 
Vestibules and Libraries 
in Elegant Parquet, from 
35 cts. to $1 per square 
foot. 

Inlaid and Solid Hard 
Wood Floors, 60 cts. per 
square foot, in new and 
elegant designs. 

C^" Send stamp for Il- 
lustrated Pamphlet. 




HOMES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 75 

KBOm & THOEITE, 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

DOORS, SMS, BLIiS, 

WOOD ^GOLOtHOS, &c. 

254 & S56 Canal Street, 
NEW YORK. 

SKJS-D WOR JS. PRICK LIST. 

REEVES & CO. 

Genera! Office and Salesroom, 

No. 184 Water Street, New York, 

DEALERS IX 

General Agents for THE IMPROVED CHASE REVOLVSNG 
KARROV/. 

Agents for THE IMPROVED EXCELS50R LAWN MOWER, 
Head-Quarters for THE CELEBRATED " MAPES " SUPER- 
PHOSPHATE OF LINIZ. 

^VA^O, BOXE DUST, and other Fertilizers, always on hand. 

1S4 Wafer Street, X. T. 



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HOWES ON THE SEA-SHORE. 




Reliel PlaleE lor 



, Bool[ and Catalogue Illnstrations 



eugraved in very Lard Type Metal, by a new chemical process, direct from all kinds 
of Priuts, Peii-aud-Iuk Drawings, Original Designs, riiotographs, &c. This pro- 
cess is in many respects vastly superior to wood engraving. The plates have a 
lirinting surface as smooth as glass, and the lines are deeper than those of hand- 
cut engravings. We guarantee all our plates to iirmt ahHohiteh/cIean and sharp 
on either wet or dry paper, and on any kind of press where type or wood cuts can 
he printed. The attention of manufacturers proposing to issue Illustrated Cata- 
logues is particularly invited. Oirr Prices trill not averacte mtich more than Half 
those Charged for Wood Cuts. The Naps in this hook were engraved hy the Photo- 
Engraviag Co. 

J. SMITH HOBART, Pres. J. C. MOSS, Supt. D. I. CAIISON, Gen. Agent. 



ATLAETIG CITY, K J. 



t^- OJPJEW ^kX^X^ TIllU ^^Ej5lR. „s^ 



J. KEIM & SONS, Proprietors. 



««1I@MBS @» Wmm iBJ.«BH.©BB»» 



New 
Family 



ARE INCOMl'I.ETE WITHOUT ONE OF THE 

SINGER 



Macliines 



DURING 1872 



Tie Singer MaiinfactBriDi Company sold 

■\Vheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company 

Howe Machine Company (estimated) 

Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company 

Domestic Sewing Machine Company 

Weed Sewing Machine Company 

Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Company 

Wilson Sewing Machine Company 

Amer. B. H. O. & Sewing Machine Company 

Gold Medal Sewing Machine Company 

Florence Sewing Machine Company 

B. P. Howe Sewing Machine Company 

Victor Sewing Machine Company 

Davis Sewing Machine Company 

Blees Sewing Machine Company 

Remington Empire Sewing Machine Company 

J. E. Braunsdorff & Co. 

Keystone Sewing Machine Company 

Bartlett Reversible Sewing Machine Company 

Bartram & Fanton Manufacturing Company 

Secor Sewing Machine Company 



219,7i8Macliines. 



174,088 
14r),000 

r>2,oio 

40,5r)4 

42,444 

33,080 

22,000 

18,930 

18,897 

15,793 

14,907 

11,901 

11,370 

0,053 

4,982 

4,202 

2,005 

1,000 

1,000 

311 



O. T, HOPPER & CO., General Agents, 

766 Broad Street, Hewark, N. J. 



LOCAL AGENTS: 
D. C. VAN DOREN, Red Bank. 

J. H. WILSON, Freehold. 

D. B. STRONG, Matteawan. 



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STAFFORD LAND CO. 

OFFER 

Homes on the Sea-Shore 

AT 

lomssleiis, lams mi Mllimg Sites, 

AT 

WIODERATE PRICES 

AND 

EASY TERMS OF PAYMENT. 



i^° Free passes from New York to the property are 
given those desiring to settle. 

Ji@^ Visitors to Manahawken will find the Stafford House 
convenient and well kept Hotel, Hacks rnn in connec- 
tion with this house to the depot, free of charge. 

For maps and prices, apply to 

Gen'i W. N. GREER, Cavalry Cottage, Manahawken, 

OR TO 

GEOEGE W. CAMPBELL, JR., 

Treasurer Stafford Land Co., 
87 LIBERTY ST., 3 doors West of Broadway, ITEW YOEK OITY. 

N. B.— To be published for gratuitous distribution about July ist, 1873, 

" MANAHAWKEN : ITS PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE," 

A complete and exhaustive history and description of the section embracing the 
above property. 



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